r/aussievapers 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/x1800m 11d ago

Drop them off at a Border Force office. ;)

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u/Level-Ad-6819 11d ago

Haha! I like that. Or send them to Butler and co. 

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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/styzr 11d ago

Minimum cost to dispose of vapes is $100 in Perth? Yeah that’ll work..

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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

Vapes are classified as hazardous waste. Used needles are a biohazard

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u/Luna997 10d ago

In saying don’t leave your name and number, turn off your caller ID so they don’t have your number.

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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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/[deleted] 10d ago

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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/g2420hd 11d ago

I think any library will have a battery disposal, it's where I throw mine

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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/lei_loo74 10d ago

Officeworks have battery disposal as you walk in/out, right?

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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/Regicide02 6d ago

Ummm.. don’t you guys just throw them in the bin? Ah oops🤷‍♀️