Don't Toss That E Cig: Vaping Waste Is A Whole New Headache For Schools And Cities KFF Health News An engineer has gone viral after collecting around 500 discarded disposable vapes and repurposing their lithium ion batteries to power his entire home. What most people see as trash turned out to be Unsafe disposal of millions of vapes a week causing environmental damage and rise in lithium ion battery fires British Safety Council More than a million vapes a day in UK thrown away, says research Vaping The Guardian Five million single use vapes thrown away in the United Kingdom each week