With more vapes getting thrown away every year, it's become a growing environmental problem. Vapes contain heavy metals, nicotine, and other chemicals, which leach toxic pollutants into the soil and waterways when What's in vapes? Toxins, heavy metals, maybe radioactive polonium A toxic, plastic problem: E cigarette waste and the environment Disposable vapes contain 'more toxic metals than 19 cigarette packs' Vaping Devices (Electronic Cigarettes) DrugFacts National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Vape Waste 2