The recycling dos and don'ts for throwing out your vapes Yahoo News UK With more vapes getting thrown away every year, it's become a growing environmental problem. Vapes contain heavy metals, nicotine, and other chemicals, which leach toxic pollutants into the soil and waterways when Americans throw out 5.7 disposable vapes every second Fast Company What do you do with your vape once it's finished? Despite a ban on disposable vapes back in June, one waste industry boss says millions are still being thrown away incorrectly. In UK Cornwall MP Urges Vaper Not Throw Disposable Vapes Easily