Secondo uno studio, più di 6 milioni di vaporizzatori e capsule vengono scartati settimanalmente nel Regno Unito nonostante il divieto monouso
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/vapes-pods-waste-uk-recycling-disposable-single-use-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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At the same time we are entering an energy price crisis. The amount of Lithium batteries we’ve wasted is frankly disgusting, successive governments should be ashamed of letting this happen.
“More than 1bn vapes have been thrown away over the past four years, Material Focus found. Its study, conducted with Opinium, also showed that nearly half of vapers (47%) were unaware that their devices could be recycled.”
Wild.
We nearly lost Glasgow Central Station because of these fucking things.
They need to be properly banned *yesterday*.
They can still be used in a single use manner. They should have a minimum size or something as they can buy the £4 ones with tiny rechargeable batteries in them.
I wish that they hadn’t combined vapes and vape pods into the same figure. Vape pods don’t contain batteries and while it’s not *great* to throw them away (lots of plastic!) rather than using refillables, it’s not the same tragedy as throwing away batteries that could be recharged many, many times over.
Are people throwing away devices they could be recharging and using with refills/pods? If so then people are just idiots. Or is it something else?
The law should require any system to have refillable pods and bottled liquids sold at the same location, and a sign pointing out how radically cheaper that is than filled sealed pods.
Incentivise the non-disposable aspect.
I work in sewage treatment, and it is *insane* the number we are pulling out of our rag skips at the inlet works. Mostly dropped and washed down drains I suppose. We’ve had several fires across the company where they’ve shorted and ignited the rag as it’s compacted, not happened at one of my works luckily (yet). Just cannot believe the amount that are coming through, disgusting how many are just being thrown on the floor.