Disposable vapes - ignoring all other issues with them for a second - shouldn’t be going to landfill though. They are electronic waste and should be being dealt with appropriately.
The problem is that it’s next to impossible to actually handle WEEE correctly even for occasional purchases like routers, hard drives, laptops, etc, so how on earth disposable vapes are meant to be appropriately disposed of is beyond me.
ojmcelderry@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Exactly. The fact that “disposable” vapes even exist is mind-boggling. And now they account for more than half of the electrical waste going to landfill. 🤦🏻♂️
Why do they even exist? Can’t they be banned?
It’s like buying a USB battery pack to recharge your phone - and then chucking it out after it’s run out.
peter@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Disposable vapes are actually made in a way where they would be fully reusable if they had a charging port and replacement cartridges available so it’s not even anything but pure greed and laziness
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You can actually buy that shit too! They sell them in petrol stations for god only knows what reason.