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The worst thing is that they don’t even last a week, it’s usually more like 3-4 days. I have a few friends that use those (though I’m trying to convince them t
by chrisldgk 3y ago
The worst thing is that they don’t even last a week, it’s usually more like 3-4 days.
I have a few friends that use those (though I’m trying to convince them to at least get reusable ones), but what I’ve taken to doing is collect their old vaporizers and take them apart to salvage the batteries. I either use them to build mobile powerbanks, or, when they’re not usable, bring them to a place where they can be recycled correctly.
I’m hoping that some kind of legislation will pass soon though, those things are horrible for the environment either way.
- zamnos 3y agoYeah, same. I tell all my friends to give me the dead ones so I can recycle the batteries. The commodity futures market puts lithium carbonate at something like ~$33/kilogram but a vape battery has something like half a gram of lithium carbonate in it, meaning it's not worth anyone's time beyond as a hobby to offer redemption value for turning in dead ones, and then doing the work of salvaging the battery, recycling the (plastic) components, and then finally trashing the trash. The most frustrating part about it is the rechargeable disposable vapes really aren't that far from being refillable. Even if you didn't make the coil replaceable, letting people refill it with liquid until the coil burned out would still be a huge advancement in less trash, but that cuts into sales, which is yet another failure of the free market to be more than self-serving. It's just so bad because reusable vapes are right there and are both are sold in the same stores. Disposable vapes are just so wasteful. :(