Technology

E-cycling Does Not Require a Helmet

Submitted by ktfinklea on Thursday, February 21, 2008.

Just before Valentine's Day, New York City gave itself some love by becoming the first city to pass an Electronics Recycling Law. The new law requires manufacturers, rather than the city, to collect its own products for disposal and reuse. Each manufacturer will have to have its collection program approved, but by implementing these programs the City Council hopes to encourage manufacturers to design easier to recycle products with fewer toxins.

Charge it on the go

Forget the car, charge your iPod as you book it down the beach on the barefoot express. Plug your car charger into your tote, put your bag towards the sun, and you’re ready to go. You don’t have to worry about sitting too far from the outlet when you’re running on solar. The bags are made locally in the US by a company that swears by sustainability, so we think they’re really cool. We also think the bags are a great excuse to ditch your car while simultaneously repurposing your car chargers.

Find us at the Download Festival

The itsyournature.org team is all sorts of excited to be guests of Live Nation's Download Festivals, running out the rest of the summer. ItsYourNature will be the exclusive 'green' presence for these events, and we'll have all kinds of excitement planned for the four rapidly approaching dates, starting August 18th at the Tweeter Center in Boston (well, Mansfield, MA technically).

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