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

  • db2@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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      1 year ago

      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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      1 year ago

      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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      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.