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Should disposable vapes, made from single use plastic, be banned? Probably - that’s the latest call from UK councils, based on health as well as environmental impact. Disposable vapes use the same amount of lithium as would be required to power 1,200 electric car batteries a year - and most of them go straight in the bin without being recycled.

But it’s just one case in an entire single-use, linear economy where things are designed to be thrown away. We need to change business as usual, to redesign the system into a circular economy, to prevent waste and treat precious resources with the respect they deserve.

This is episode 3 of our series Tell Me Something I Should Know:    • Tell Me Something I Should Know  

Chapters:
0:00-0:26 Vaping in the news
0:27-2:42 Impact of disposable vapes - health & sustainability
2:43-5:16 The bigger issue - disposable, single use culture
5:17- Circular economy as a solution

Sources:
Councils call for a ban on disposable vapes: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66210117 + https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-6... + https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/65276782 +
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/si...
Ethical consumer magazine issue 203, July/August 2023, page 7: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/sites...
Ellen MacArthur Foundation:https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Mart Drake-Knight, Teemill TED Talk:    • TED talk: How to design the circular economy  
Greenpeace social media post about disposable vapes: https://www.instagram.com/p/CuHSjoHN8...
Material Focus study about vape waste: https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/pres...
Vape batteries cause fires: https://www.gaiaca.com/how-to-dispose...
Circular economy graphic: https://blog.sendle.com/hubfs/content...