Forum response to disposable vapes

[mattc1]

All this thread is doing is basically giving disposables views, and with that people will act on it.... That is to get one or not!...

 

[Phrasing]

i’ve asked a few times and nobody has been able to suggest a way to recycle them properly. i can only assume it can’t be done unless the user takes it apart and recycles the recyclable components separately and throws the rest away.

Yeah that's my understanding of it as well.
It's a big part of why I think (however unlikely) the best possible outcome would be for the damn things to be banned.

 

[Phrasing]

All this thread is doing is basically giving disposables views, and with that people will act on it.... That is to get one or not!...

This isn't a case of if we all ignore them they'll go away, discussions on this subject are going to happen somewhere, so if not here, then where?

 

[zouzounaki]

the best possible outcome would be for the damn things to be banned

i suspect that is what will happen.

 

[zouzounaki]

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/scottish-politics/4128610/dundee-disposable-vapes/

calls for a ban to be piloted in dundee.

“In a country where we banned plastic spoons, it makes no sense that these are still a legitimate item being sold.”

 

[Phrasing]

i suspect that is what will happen.

And in the meantime there are crusaders
out there that lump reusable devices in with the single use, because they either don't understand the difference or don't care.
So if things continue they way they're going there is a chance all vapes get banned.
It's not a high chance obviously because of the UK stance on harm reduction but its still a concern.

 

[andipandi]

There have been a few instances now where threads have deteriorated quickly when the subject of disposables has been brought up.

Yep, and it's happening again in this thread

 

[zouzounaki]

And in the meantime there are crusaders
out there that lump reusable devices in with the single use, because they either don't understand the difference or don't care.
So if things continue they way they're going there is a chance all vapes get banned.
It's not a high chance obviously because of the UK stance on harm reduction but its still a concern.

no, i’ve not seen that happening.

 

[Phrasing]

no, i’ve not seen that happening.

its happened quite a bit where I'm from.
My other half helps advise a states official (like an equivalent to an mp) about our local disposables waste problems and initially they had no clue the difference between a single use vape and a pod system.

 

[vapervince]

There is a fortune waiting for the man/woman/other who comes up with a way to recycle the unmentionables effectively. My solution involves a space freighter and a one way journey to the Sun.