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Call for UK ban on single-use vapes as more than 5m discarded each week
(www.theguardian.com)
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I'm a long time vaper, it's got me off the cigs, and I use a reusable tank because it's what I've always used but it's obviously better for the environment and cheaper.
I do support clamping down on disposables because of the waste and these ones seem to be the ones that get into the hands of kids.
However, the whole scare thing about ecigs has always looked like a massive diversion tactic when actual cigarettes are still on sale. I mean it won't happen because it's kerching for the government. But I see literally thousands more discarded cigarette butts than I do vapes round our way.
As an old fart. 53. I have to say. The number of cig butt's is way lower then it was in the past.
Really nothing more then me stating an observation. But during the 80s. And into the 90s. Throwing butt's on the road was just what folks did.
At least now most folks have the idea it is bad. So there is some notacible attempt to limit it.
As for vapes. I sorta agree. Its an easy visable attack point.
But like all disposable plastic. It needs to be the manufacturers who are held responsible more then the users. At least this seems to be doing that.
But we have plenty of plastic alternatives. It's just the cost that stops corps using them. If disposable plastics as a whole are banned. Then the corps are forced to look for cheaper production methods. And to swap.
That said. I don't smoke. (Did for a while way back)
Are the foam like filters in cig butt's made from a plastic product. Like most other foam. Or is it biodegradable. I habe no idea. On phone atm. (Hence typos) So will do a search tonight.
To be fair, discarding cigarette butts is less wasteful of resources than discarding single-use vapes though, isn't it? ~~Also aren't cigarette butts 100% biodegradable and renewable nowadays?~~ Edit: No, they're not at all, they're also bad for the environment. Clearly disposable vapes are individually more wasteful though
I do agree that disposable vapes are a horrible idea. But they're equivalent to a large number of cigarettes so you can't just say "bigger than a single butt therefore worse". At least they're recyclable in theory, if not often in practice.
This is not a defence of disposables. They're a ridiculous thing, designed for impulse purchasing by children. Fully support a ban.
I didn’t mean they were the same as a single cigarette butt, sorry if I wasn’t clear - it’s just that one of them has a bunch of lithium and electronics as well as plastic, obviously neither is good but the vape is especially egregious imo!