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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago

The UK Throws Away 1 Million Vapes Each Day, Causing ‘Environmental Nightmare’

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Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 5 months ago
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New research has found that most disposable vapes are being thrown away instead of recycled, causing environmental pollution.
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    These vapes been around for 20+ years, they have just become trendier now, maybe because they got smaller

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      We knew about the environment and recycling 20 years ago…

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        Only thing that changed is production started of single use, China is pumping these things out and everyone is eating them up as grey/black market imports

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      Not single use ones.

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        That’s what I said below

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