Trash Track visualizes individual traces of trash objects. Everyday objects at some point in their life cycle are declared of no more use by their owners and cross the fine line between being a proudly owned utility item and a trash object. 

The data received from the trash tags is illustrated as visual paths overlaid on top of satellite images of the New York and Seattle city areas. Complementing this clean and distant abstraction of the movement of trash through our cities, video captures of waste treatment facilities specifically composed for this project represent the stark contrast of trash in its physical presence as well as the work involved in dealing with it day in and day out.