{"id":49440,"date":"2025-04-01T11:04:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T03:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/?p=49440"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T03:04:55","slug":"australian-city-launches-recycling-trial-to-solve-e-cigarette-environmental-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/a\/49440","title":{"rendered":"Australian city launches recycling trial to solve e-cigarette environmental problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Hobsons Bay City Council has launched a vape recycling trial to offer the community a sustainable way to dispose of the products, as well as limit their environmental impact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49441 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vapes.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vapes.png 480w, https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vapes-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/vapes-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite national sales restrictions on vapes, they are a growing issue in the community, both for health concerns and impact on the environment.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Council is encouraging residents who use vapes to safely dispose their used vapes at Altona Library or Newport Community Hub, with the trial in place until 17 April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Clean Up Australia's litter report\u00a0says improper disposal of vapes is on the rise nation-wide, having been collected from more than 30 per cent of sites surveyed by the organisation in 2024, nearly an eight per cent increase from 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The trial aims to provide clear disposal guidance as well as recover valuable materials, including copper, plastic and metals found in the devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With no national vape recycling scheme, local solutions like the trial are essential in managing a growing issue.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Quotes attributable to Mayor of Hobsons Bay, Cr Daria Kellander:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\"Vapes have unfortunately become an ongoing issue for the community, with their disposal just one of many concerns with the devices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\"This trial provides a judgement-free way for community members to safely dispose of their vapes.\"<\/p>\n<p>source\uff1ahttps:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/recycling-trial-tackles-environmental-vape-issue-1435637<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hobsons Bay City Council has launched a vape recycling trial to offer the community a sustainable way to dispose of the products, as well as limit their environmental impact. Despite national &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abesmoke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}