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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 7, 2009
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - April 7, 2009
The jumble of cameras comes in daily by the tractor trailer load, packed in cardboard boxes. Employees of OutSource empty the boxes onto a conveyor belt in a loud rattle of hard plastic, the line carrying the cameras past sorters who toss Kodaks into one box, Fujis into another and so on... Single-use cameras, like car batteries, have high recycling rates because they naturally end up in a business's hands at the end of their life cycle, said Valerie Thomas, an associate professor of natural systems at Georgia Institute of Technology. Read more>>>