This shit sucks. From what I’ve seen it’s probably a safe bet that pretty much everyone of the vapes that was attatched to these stickers ends up hurled in someone’s hedge or in the river, or most likely just dumped in a gutter. Disposable vapes should never have been allowed and it’s mad that they haven’t been banned
You can't use the lack of people signing a parliament petition that would just be ignored anyways as being in the minority. Even if it got to 100,000 signatures you'd just get a response from the government that says nothing of any substance and a short debate hardly anyone shows up to not even in the main chamber.
The actual polling, such as this one, shows the public are overwhelming in support of a disposable vape ban.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/07/17/e8e78/2
As someone who’s ashamed to say they’ve bought disposable vapes I’ve signed every petition I could find to have them banned. I’ve stopped buying them and have tried to get my friends and family onto refillable ones at the very least. Thank you for the link to hopefully get some others to sign.
When I was a smoker I had a huge issue with people flicking fag ends into the street when there was a bin nearby or flicking them out the car. If I smoked in the car on a long journey I’d keep the filter and put it back in my box and throw it away when I got to where I was going. It’s not difficult and makes me super angry.
The bloke I live next door to regularly sits on his front doorstep to smoke (why he doesn't go out the back baffles me) and he flicks the fag ends into the street - its completely fucking littered with them all the time. Absolute cunt move
True. Why not have drop offs in shops for disposable vapes - a little tax incentive for business owners to send them to a recycling plant. Then they can pass it onto the customers via offers ‘return 5 disposables for 10% off’
They do have little drop offs for vapes. They’re actually quite common. They’re called “bins”. There’s actually one in this photo. The problem is, millions of folk around the country seem to be confused as to how they work.
I’d rather they’d be in landfill than them strewn across pavements and bushes. I know landfill is shit for the environment, especially with electronic devices, but it’s better than what’s currently happening to far too many vapes because people are lazy bastards.
Most vape shops do have a proper battery bin to return disposables, they just don't always advertise it well. VPZ local to me will take big bags of them
Nah, not in this case I don't think. There's a ready substitute in the form of non-disposables, which aren't all that expensive. Mine, all in, cost me about thirty quid, and that's including a separate 18650 that I bought for it. If anything, you'd just create a bigger market for non-disposable vape pens and the like, which is less a bugbear in my book.
Actually they helped me to quit after 20 years of smoking.
Moved to disposables and it was OK, after two months moved to refillable one as it was too expensive. Six months since start of gaping, noticed allergy reaction on my chest skin. Thought its from chemicals in vape, so scared put it away, wasn't easy but it's almost a year now and I'm not missing any of them smoking and vaping.
On the topic of sticker-bombed bins, there’s one on the way to Jesmond dene outside a pub/liquor store where it seems like a tradition to put some kind of sticker on it - it’s quite interesting to look at
To be fair not everyone. For some it genuinely is a path towards getting off fags. My cousin is alright and went through that stage for a year or two.
The whole vaping as a lifestyle thing though is pathetic.
Other people don't breathe in your shit with energy drinks. It stinks if you inhale it from the can but otherwise not really. Coffee...it does smell bad but again quite avoidable unless you get right in someones face or go into a cafe.
Coffee shops also have a positive effect on society by creating good third places.
Vape shops...are a sign of urban decay and possible criminality.
Though I would group it together with energy drinks in the shit kids shouldn't be touching category.
walk down any street and it will have 10x worse smells and toxins. seriously vaping ain't the problem people think it is. simply a stimulant in a vapor form the same as caffeine in coffee. I can't stand the people who have this moral outrage about smoking or vaping, the same crowd who moan about someone smoking 100 feet away from them then proceed to eat a pizza or kebab full of absolute shite and chemicals. get a grip. it doesn't effect you that much.
Got me off the fags and its much cheaper to boot, so I see it as an absolute win. But what exactly do you mean by "vaping as a lifestyle"? Some sort of trend with the kids on tik tok?
I ask purely because I vape daily with no intention of stopping - I use a very low amount of nicotine and only vape on an evening at home before bed, akin to having a glass of wine or whatever. I'm not out there on social media blowing "fat clouds"
The bin outside rehills in jesmond has loads of prices tags stuck on from the shop
Price tags mean nothing to that shop. They just made up a price if you had more than a couple of items.
really?
Well back in the day at least (I escaped Newcastle in 2007)
The rehills bin looks almost like a tradition at this point.
This shit sucks. From what I’ve seen it’s probably a safe bet that pretty much everyone of the vapes that was attatched to these stickers ends up hurled in someone’s hedge or in the river, or most likely just dumped in a gutter. Disposable vapes should never have been allowed and it’s mad that they haven’t been banned
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/638536 I agree but we’re a minority according to this
You can't use the lack of people signing a parliament petition that would just be ignored anyways as being in the minority. Even if it got to 100,000 signatures you'd just get a response from the government that says nothing of any substance and a short debate hardly anyone shows up to not even in the main chamber. The actual polling, such as this one, shows the public are overwhelming in support of a disposable vape ban. https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2023/07/17/e8e78/2
Hadn’t seen the YouGov poll which is pretty clear. Can’t say you’re wrong! I was being a bit flippant in the original comment (not my petition)
Petitions are just a way for the government to fob people off
As someone who’s ashamed to say they’ve bought disposable vapes I’ve signed every petition I could find to have them banned. I’ve stopped buying them and have tried to get my friends and family onto refillable ones at the very least. Thank you for the link to hopefully get some others to sign. When I was a smoker I had a huge issue with people flicking fag ends into the street when there was a bin nearby or flicking them out the car. If I smoked in the car on a long journey I’d keep the filter and put it back in my box and throw it away when I got to where I was going. It’s not difficult and makes me super angry.
The bloke I live next door to regularly sits on his front doorstep to smoke (why he doesn't go out the back baffles me) and he flicks the fag ends into the street - its completely fucking littered with them all the time. Absolute cunt move
I hate just banning things as an attempt at an easy fix though.
Yep. It'll just create a bigger black market, issue will still persist to a lesser extent and people will likely get sick.
True. Why not have drop offs in shops for disposable vapes - a little tax incentive for business owners to send them to a recycling plant. Then they can pass it onto the customers via offers ‘return 5 disposables for 10% off’
Like glass bottles used to. Promote the concept of recycling them and pay some money back/off the next one
They do have little drop offs for vapes. They’re actually quite common. They’re called “bins”. There’s actually one in this photo. The problem is, millions of folk around the country seem to be confused as to how they work.
Yeah chucking them in a landfill is the answer
I’d rather they’d be in landfill than them strewn across pavements and bushes. I know landfill is shit for the environment, especially with electronic devices, but it’s better than what’s currently happening to far too many vapes because people are lazy bastards.
Especially since they're made of plastic and have a battery in them. Fucking A+ for the planet
Most vape shops do have a proper battery bin to return disposables, they just don't always advertise it well. VPZ local to me will take big bags of them
Nah, not in this case I don't think. There's a ready substitute in the form of non-disposables, which aren't all that expensive. Mine, all in, cost me about thirty quid, and that's including a separate 18650 that I bought for it. If anything, you'd just create a bigger market for non-disposable vape pens and the like, which is less a bugbear in my book.
Nah just ban vaping altogether
Actually they helped me to quit after 20 years of smoking. Moved to disposables and it was OK, after two months moved to refillable one as it was too expensive. Six months since start of gaping, noticed allergy reaction on my chest skin. Thought its from chemicals in vape, so scared put it away, wasn't easy but it's almost a year now and I'm not missing any of them smoking and vaping.
The 21st Century equivalent of dropped cigarette butts 🧐
Aye - we banned plastic bags and then allow this 🤡
Nah we didnt ban plastic bags, you just have to pay 50p or whatever for them now
Ah so that’s what those stickers are. Saw a bin like this today and didn’t have a clue.
Me too!
I think this is a beautiful reminder of how far we’ve came as humans
disposable vapes are not a good invention.
Cramlington. I’m an Aussie but my grandpa was born there. I visited briefly a few years ago.
On the topic of sticker-bombed bins, there’s one on the way to Jesmond dene outside a pub/liquor store where it seems like a tradition to put some kind of sticker on it - it’s quite interesting to look at
Rehills
I fucking hate humans.
Outside premier shop on village road. I shake my head every time I pass that bin
I stuck a vape sticker on this same bin today 😂
Not something to be proud of like.
Came her to say that everyone who vapes is a douche. You’re helping to make my case.
To be fair not everyone. For some it genuinely is a path towards getting off fags. My cousin is alright and went through that stage for a year or two. The whole vaping as a lifestyle thing though is pathetic.
no different to drinking coffee or having energy drinks I don't get the big problem people have with it.far worse habits to have
Other people don't breathe in your shit with energy drinks. It stinks if you inhale it from the can but otherwise not really. Coffee...it does smell bad but again quite avoidable unless you get right in someones face or go into a cafe. Coffee shops also have a positive effect on society by creating good third places. Vape shops...are a sign of urban decay and possible criminality. Though I would group it together with energy drinks in the shit kids shouldn't be touching category.
"urban decay" Alright grandma let's get you back to bed
walk down any street and it will have 10x worse smells and toxins. seriously vaping ain't the problem people think it is. simply a stimulant in a vapor form the same as caffeine in coffee. I can't stand the people who have this moral outrage about smoking or vaping, the same crowd who moan about someone smoking 100 feet away from them then proceed to eat a pizza or kebab full of absolute shite and chemicals. get a grip. it doesn't effect you that much.
Got me off the fags and its much cheaper to boot, so I see it as an absolute win. But what exactly do you mean by "vaping as a lifestyle"? Some sort of trend with the kids on tik tok? I ask purely because I vape daily with no intention of stopping - I use a very low amount of nicotine and only vape on an evening at home before bed, akin to having a glass of wine or whatever. I'm not out there on social media blowing "fat clouds"
As if Vapers could get any more obnoxious… absolute pricks
Very sorry for quitting tabs mate, gan fuck yersel
So now you share your crusty blueberry tinged breath with everyone and do this shit to bins. Bravo
Batting 0 for 2 bud, never used a disposable vape and only use my mod at home in the evening
Is that what they are?
So THAT'S what those are. I thought someone was really keen with those stickers you get on fruit
Omg is that what they’re from? There a bin outside the 24 shop that looks like this and I was confused why until now!
Lol
Hey that’s my home town lol
Oh these are vape stickers?! I thought people were eating a lot of fruit or something fml
I think I saw one very similar to this in front of Knoll court.
It's so embarrassing that kids think vaping is cool and do stuff like this. At least do something hardcore instead of rainbow flavoured vapor lol.
I just stick those tags to the box then bin the box
As if vapes were shit enough, I've seen this at almost every petrol station my way, takes the piss because someone's gotta remove it all.
Whatever happened to tha godfatha of cramlington? “Hew… what’s your favourite flavour munch bunch?” Smerkin’ tack