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Communities in the US are grappling with the safe disposal of millions of disposable e-cigarettes, which are considered hazardous waste. For years, the debate surrounding vaping largely centered on its risks for high school and middle school students. The devices, which contain nicotine and metals such as lithium, cannot be reused or recycled. Local officials have resorted to various methods of disposal, including incineration. Critics argue that the vaping industry has not taken responsibility ...

With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of

With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste.

With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste.

Communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste.

Communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste

Communities are experimenting with new ways to safely toss vapes, which contain hazardous materials like nicotine and lithium.

With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous waste. Under federal environmental law, they also aren’t supposed to go in the trash. U.S. teens and adults are buying roughly 12 million disposable vapes per month.

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Communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to get rid of millions of disposable e-cigarettes that are considered hazardous waste. The devices contain nicotine, lithium and