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Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones.

To make a point about how wasteful this practice is—and to also make a pretty rad project and video—Chris Doel took 130 disposable vape batteries (the bigger "3,500 puff" types with model 20400 cells) found littered at a music festival and converted them into a 48-volt, 1,500-watt e-bike battery, one that powered an e-bike with almost no pedaling more than 20 miles. You can see the whole build and watch Doel zoom along trails on his YouTube video.

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK starting in June 2025.

Based.

[–] aard@kyu.de 34 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just wanted to comment that this should happen faster than in a few years... and then checked the calendar

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Still there's no reason to wait that long. Ban now the supply to the stores and full ban on 2025 if they still have stock.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's very normal to give businesses a short period to make arrangements/sell off stock.

They were never going to pass a law that banned them right from that second.

This is a good move. The damage that will continue to happen for the next 6 months or whatever is miniscule compared to the damage of just allowing it to continue indefinitely. Hopefully other countries follow suit.

[–] EnderMB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I imagine a lot of it is to remove current stock, and because the UK has several tobacco companies that moved into vapes, and also employ hundreds

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They should never have been allowed in the first place

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm angry it took this long. Should've been banned the second they came onto the market.