Untitled attachment

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   Gerry McGovern (gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2023 14:00:52 JST Gerry McGovern

   Vapes contain 0.15g of lithium, with 68 million thrown away every year in UK. 10 tonnes of lithium. 3,000 electric bikes.
   https://www.circularonline.co.uk/opinions/disposable-e-cigarettes-small-weee-needs-a-big-solution/

   Discarded vapes annually weigh as much as 6 Eiffel Towers or 3 Brooklyn Bridges
   https://weee-forum.org/ws_news/invisible-e-waste-almost-10-billion-in-essential-raw-materials-recoverable-in-worlds-annual-mountain-of-electronic-toys-cables-vapes-more/

   Vapes contain plastics, heavy metals, lithium and nicotine
   https://www.mynewstouse.com/stories/pollution-from-production-to-disposal-the-lifecycle-of-a-vape,37038
   
   US: vapes cost $10 each to dispose of.
   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-19/vape-disposal-waste-environment/102104946

   5 vapes thrown away every second in US. 24 ton of lithium a year.
   https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-12-15/lithium-being-trashed-by-the-tonne-as-disposable-vapes-flood-us-market