Today, I released the newest edition of my report: Vape Waste 2. We're literally throwing away miniature computers after a few days of use. Manufacturers are adding features like "Vapentertainment systems" with retro games on HD displays - in products designed to be trashed. 🧵

RT @nicotinecap: V1.0 of my "vape clock" is ready:

"Increasingly, disposable vapes double as digital gadgets, with screens that show animations or include built-in games or speakers to play music. So each disposable vape tossed is like 'throwing away miniature computers after a few days of use,' Gutterman says. ".

Read the full report here:

(Thanks to @iFixit and @RethinkWaste for help with the vape CT scans and footage of the lithium-ion battery fire.).

We don't need to tolerate disposable electronics that waste our critical resources and harm the envrionment. We can act to stop vape waste once and for all.

The environmental harms of disposal vapes are as obvious as the efficacy of enforcement. CA and MA demonstrate that well-designed and properly enforced policies achieve dramatic reductions in the sales of these harmful products without creating black markets.

Increasing complexity: Newer models of disposable vapes have screens and games, leading to more waste per vape. Some vapes use Bluetooth to connect to phones to allow texting via vape.

Illegal imports: Over 90% of Chinese vape imports go unrecorded through deliberate mislabeling, with Chinese producers controlling 70 to 90% of America’s illegal vape market.

Enforcement Success: California achieved 52% reduction in disposable sales; Massachusetts eliminated 74% of disposable e-cigarette sales.

Fire Safety Costs: We estimate that fires in waste facilities caused by disposable vapes incurred costs of at least $95 million each year.

Waste Accelerating: 5.7 disposable vapes were discarded per second in 2023, up from 4.5 per second reported in 2022.

Volunteers at Brooklyn Spark are working to keep laptops use that would otherwise end up as waste.

RT @KenneyNL: @partnano Allowing companies to update software was a mistake.

Thanks to everyone in Brooklyn who helped us collect 37 laptops and 2 phones for the old laptop drive! Next up: our fix-a-thon to refurbish these laptops and keep them out of the landfill due to @Microsoft's expiration of #Windows10.

Thanks for to the @SpringerNature Green Impact Network for inviting me to speak about tech Designed to Last! And to everyone who braved the heatwave to be there in person.

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.@GamersNexus on the Electronic Waste Graveyard which calculated software obsolescence and the expiration of cloud support are responsible for at least 130 million pounds of electronic waste since 2014.