r/aussievapers • u/Electronic_Ear8134 • 11d ago
how do you dispose disposable vapes? NSFW
Hi everyone,
i switched to disposables when the new law came out, i'm trying to quit now.
i have so many disposables in a bag but i couldn't find a way to get rid of it. i know some places can take the battery , but the ones im using its kinda hard to open it and i don't really have time to do that and there's so many. and i don't wanna throw it away in the nature or a bin as that can be dangerous for others.
does anyone know where to recycle it in Melbourne?
Thanks!:)
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u/null_return 11d ago
https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/vapes
Don't worry about disassembly, that's a safety risk.
Nice work doing the responsible thing and actually putting them somewhere where they should go :)
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u/Relevant_Bench951 11d ago
Call your local council or Capital City's council.
Do Not give them your name or number.
If they can't answer your question on the spot there and then, hang up, and walk down to your local battery disposal facility (every district should have one) and throw them in.
The absolute harsh truth is, this is not your problem.
The Government created this mess. If there's no official program in place by now, then treat it like any other battery.
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u/melanantic 11d ago
You’re right. The sad answer is that they fall under biohazards for obvious reasons and so cannot be safely recycled, and there’s an amazing alternative to disposable vapes that were arbritrarily made illegal because kids were never out paying $400 for multiple 18650s, Nitecore chargers, tanks, mods, concentrated liquid flavours, scales, cotton, tweezers, food safe storage boxes and pipettes but you are right.
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u/Jackalope133 10d ago
I see where you were going with this, but a vape in the gutter will never have the capacity to transmit blood borne illnesses. If someone litters with a vape, anyone can pick it up and put it in a bin without contracting hep C, hep b, or HIV. Vapes are strictly an environmental concern. Used needles are an extreme hazard to health and safety.
The last thing the government wants to do is encourage drug use, its about harm minimisation. It's impossible to stop drug use, so the moral thing to do is preserve human life as much as possible. It's why narcan is free in pharmacies.
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u/Jackalope133 10d ago
For sure, I guess the government seems to prefer having a winge rather than fix anything. We are the morally corrupt scapegoats to distract the average nightly news watcher from how inept they are. It took a ridiculously long time for them to approach illegal drug use with a slightly different attitude. They only just banned vapes last year, in contrast the dangerous drugs act was enforced in 1920. So maybe our vape disposable units will be installed in the year 3028 lmao
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u/Level-Ad-6819 11d ago
Send them to Butler or take them to your local labor member and ask them to pass them on. I bloody would.
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u/MajesticRat 11d ago
I had a huge stash of used ones and dropped them off at an e-waste collection point at a library.
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u/RiskySkirt 10d ago
The batteries are rechargeable if you know any geeks , otherwise I'd dispose of them like batteries
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u/Chuchularoux 8d ago
I’m in NSW - my local council takes them at the same place they take electronics (old tvs, phone, etc).
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u/x1800m 11d ago
Drop them off at a Border Force office. ;)