https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/half-a-billion-cheap-electrical-items-go-to-uk-landfills-in-a-year-research-finds
Research by Material Focus shows everyday items such as disposable vapes are a big contributing factor
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.
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
It's like buying a USB battery pack to recharge your phone - and then chucking it out after it's run out.
You can actually buy that shit too! They sell them in petrol stations for god only knows what reason.