Good. These are some of the most shockingly wasteful things I've ever encountered.
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2023
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Disposable anything should be regulated. And only if there is a reasonable requirement to be disposable it can be.. else, nope. This is just manufacturing externalizing the cost of the waste onto society instead of developing proper reusable products and/or making them good enough. Disposable products should be made from stuff that the manufacturer is responsible for the waste/ recycling.
Surgical gloves, yes. E cigarette, nope.
On e cigarettes specifically, after having watched bigclive dismantle lots of them, showing that they are practically just a few tiny cheap components away from being rechargeable and refillable (and they can indeed almost all be recharged and refilled), I guess manufacturers simply saw a market for it. It's stupid from start to finish, but then again cigarettes as a whole are stupid.
From tomorrow onwards would be better
I hopw others follow their example
Disposabe? Good ridance.
But... where else am I going to get free batteries.
You have another year's time! I guess trash-sorting companies would be happy to have your help sorting through the new arrivals.
I wonder what this companies will come up with to replace it. It says single use puffs so maybe the companies will design it to be 2 or 3 use?
I think the single use thing came from taxation law gaps allowing single use vapew to be taxed a lot lower then reusable ones. Not enterily sure anymore
It would be so easy to make the cartridge removable with a thread.
I'd imagine they'd end up getting done-in by laws on minimum warranties. Vapers would be happy: "Only works 3 times? Sweet, guess I'll use it and get my money back each time."
(How it would go down in Australia if they tried that.)
La gadji c'est plus un paqueta ?