Five million vapes thrown away every week research BBC News Disposable vapes, which make up the majority of e cigarette sales in the US, are a significant pollution concern as nearly half a million vapes are thrown away every day. It comes as Twitter on a Vape' and The Great E Waste Crisis KQED Disposable vapes are illegal but shops still carry them and teens buy them : Shots Health News : NPR 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 6.3m vapes are thrown away each week despite single use ban