Act2 Laptop Sleeves
Our poor little laptops. They get carted around, thrown into purses, schlepped onto planes. It’s no wonder they sometimes throw fits and refuse to boot up, recognize that pesky printer or pretend they doesn’t hear the AirPort calling. They need new spring coats to brighten up their day and make them love us again. Thankfully, we’ve discovered Shoreline’s new Act2 Laptop Green Sleeve, a sleek little number made from recycled plastic bottles, which is frankly a schnazzy outfit in sky blue, jet black, or a yummy toasted almond (all with a bright green interior—get it?) no matter what it’s made from.
But giving new meaning to eco-stylish, the sleeve is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic—basically plastic bottles, which the Shoreline team calls “one of the biggest environmental disasters today.” (Go team!) They estimate that the average American sends 230 bottles to the landfill every year, enough crushed bottles to fill the Rose Bowl (to use a local analogy) every two weeks. This is, obviously, bad. But what’s good is people are finally figuring out cool ways to make this environmental hazard work for us, creating durable, cool-looking fabrics to outfit you—and your computer. The Act2 site takes you through the process from bottle to material, estimating that each yard of finished fabric uses about 18 sixteen-ounce bottles and saves 10,000 btus from manufacturing—enough power to light a 17-watt compact fluorescent bulb for 15 hours.
Now we’re not so keen on the high-falutin’ power consumption analogies that always come back to the damn eco-bulb—Isn’t it enough to say they rescued about a twelfth of the average American’s annual bottle dump? And the site’s a little cludgy, we have to admit. But the laptop? She’s gonna look goooood.
