A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.

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      Or that they are considered disposable by the people making and buying them

      These should be banned

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      That’s what happens when producers of consumer items are not regulated. There’s no downside besides cost, so producers use the cheapest method available to get their product to market.

      There’s a video on YT about a guy repairing a single use cock ring. A viewer apparently sent in his used cock ring for repair. Creator discovers it doesn’t work because of a corroded battery connection. I think he later finds the battery at a local store or orders it online. Replaced the battery and the sex toy is now functioning again.

      He even adds some liquid resistance and warranties the item against further damage (or so he says, haha)

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      I think nicotine does something to people’s brains, rendering them unable to consider consequences.

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        Funny, but the real problem is that they’re allowed to be marketed as “disposable” in the first place. I’m surprised there haven’t been more reports of “random” trash fires that were really from lithium batteries improperly disposed of.

        The craziest thing is pretty much all of those “disposable” batteries are actually rechargeable, they just lack a circuit to do so.

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          Even worse, at least for Washington State disposable cannabis vapes, is that they have USB-C ports, recharge, and use the same 510 format ceramic vaporizer cylinders as the lower-impact disposable cartridges for reusable batteries, but everything is unthreaded and glued together and it’s marked as disposable. It’s absolutely insane to me that a device with an 80mAh battery, USB-C port, and recharging circuit would be sold like it was the equivalent of a soda can.

          All they have to do is put a 510 thread into the vape, and it could be reused dozens of times, but they want to keep you buying the marked-up disposables.

          They are pretty convenient for smoking discretely, but whenever I buy one I end up mining the battery and recharge circuit out of it, and either using it in a project, or chuck the whole thing in the e-waste bin at my office in hopes that it will get shipped somewhere better than a landfill.

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          This is why I hate disposables. There is a ton of waste around them between the plastic and circuitry and battery.

          Granted, pre-filled atomizers are only marginally better, unless they start selling recreational vape juice and people start dripping pot. The convenience of a vaporizer just can’t be beat though. Near instant action and clothes don’t reek.

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          It’s a lot like “flushable wipes” and the fact that they should not be flushed and will clog your plumbing.

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          This is why I hate disposables. There is a ton of waste around them between the plastic and circuitry and battery.

          Granted, pre-filled atomizers are only marginally better, unless they start selling recreational vape juice and people start dripping pot. The convenience of a vaporizer just can’t be beat though. Near instant action and clothes don’t reek.

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        Addiction. That is what nicotine does to peoples brains. It makes people ignore the consequences to their own body. (I say this while toking on a vape. However, I haven’t smoked a cigarette in a while, so that is nice.)

        People are just generally idiots.