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Hosting a website on a disposable vape

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1386 points BogdanTheGeek | 4 comments | 15 Sep 25 17:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.624s | source
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jrmg ◴[14 Sep 25 23:33 UTC] No.45244410[source]▶
I wouldn’t want to be the lawyer who one day will have to argue how a device with USB C and a rechargeable battery can be classified as “disposable”.

I thought the point of making them like this was that they technically are reusable, so they can sell them (to people who for some reason keep buying them and throwing them away!) in places where disposable vapes are banned.

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zdragnar ◴[14 Sep 25 23:47 UTC] No.45244510[source]▶
Some have replaceable pods / tanks, but most have no user serviceable parts whatsoever.

One the liquid is low enough, the coil will burn a bit, and the whole thing should be disposed of.

One shop near me would take used ones and send them off to be properly taken apart and what not, but most people just toss them I suspect.

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1. extraduder_ire ◴[15 Sep 25 01:36 UTC] No.45245175[source]▶
If you're in the EU/UK the WEEE directive means anywhere selling them should take them back like-for-like to be directed into the correct waste stream. (they get paid some of the deposit on them to do so)

I would be more fine with disposable vapes like this if almost all of them were recovered somehow, for the amount it subsidises production of Li-ion batteries.

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2. xp84 ◴[15 Sep 25 03:58 UTC] No.45245963[source]▶
Theoretically a high enough deposit could probably “fix the problem.” Like, if the empty was worth a $25 deposit most people would 100% take them back to the store. It would be annoying for people to have the high deposit, but it’s really a one-time expense.

On the other hand at least in the US, a deposit of a buck or two wouldn’t do much. California has that for cans and bottles, yet only maybe 10% of people turn them in. Most end up in curbside recycling (which doesn’t refund) or the garbage, indicating people don’t care about getting their nickel or dime back.

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3. nicbou ◴[15 Sep 25 04:48 UTC] No.45246216[source]▶
That's the theory. I practice, even in famously recycling-obsessed Germany, it's impossible to return electronics in places that are required to accept them, even two years after that law passed. The staff is really confused when you try.
4. darthwalsh ◴[15 Sep 25 22:11 UTC] No.45255591[source]▶
Where I live in CA, many end up going to some stranger who rifles through everybody's curbside recycling bin before trash day. It's sad that times are hard, and this is the side job we've accidentally invented.