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

  • @antizero99
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    510 months ago

    You can still break down the vape and take the battery out of it to be recycled. Problem is that people just trash them instead of tossing it with electronics recycling (if that’s even considered cool). Maybe as we see battery recycling we will see people scrounging for these to turn in same as aluminum and glass bottles/cans.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      The problem is these vapes are usually made really difficult to crack open. A lot of vape stores around me are taking them back now to recycle for you but still.

      • @antizero99
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        210 months ago

        Huh? A hammer will take care of that easy peasy. Good chance someone will figure out a way for a machine to break them open and sort out the battery from the rest or just have people smacking them with hammers or mallets.