Baton Rouge students launch trackers to see where litter that ends up in the river goes
15-04-2025 17:15 via wbrz.com

Baton Rouge students launch trackers to see where litter that ends up in the river goes

BATON ROUGE -  East Baton Rouge Parish students are turning trash into tech and sending it down the Mississippi River one tracker at a time."It’s a big problem that needs to be solved," one student said about the frequent trash on the roads and in the rivers across Baton Rouge.Vibriyogn Epuri is a general information systems instructor for the Global Geospatial Institute in Baton Rouge and said the idea for the program, "Life of Litter," came from frequent questions people ha
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