A toxic, plastic problem: E cigarette waste and the environment The effects of disposable vapes on the planet. Vapes harm more than your body. Disposable vape devices and refillable vape pods hurt the environment, too. Throwing away vapes creates a waste stream of plastic, nicotine salts, heavy metals, mercury, and Every disposable vape combines plastic, lithium batteries, and toxic chemicals into a throwaway product our waste system was never designed to handle. AB 762 stops this problem at the source by ending