Americans throw out 5 disposable vapes every second! That's over 379,600 lbs of toxic waste a month! This Earth Day, protect the environment and your health. Don't give vape and tobacco companies An engineer went viral after salvaging lithium ion batteries from roughly 500 discarded disposable vapes and using them to power his home. What looked like everyday trash turned into a functional energy storage More than 6m vapes and pods binned each week despite disposable use ban AOL Disposable vapes contribute to nearly $10 billion of 'invisible' e waste every year News Chemistry World Over 1.3 million disposable vapes a week are ending up in landfill or incineration ITV News