Vape waste is waste associated with vapes, including disposable vapes, pods or cartridges, e-liquid containers and packaging, and vape batteries. Vape waste is especially bad for the environment because it is three forms of waste in one: plastic waste, hazardous waste, and electronic waste (e-waste). All of these are hazardous for the environment.

Vapes create plastic waste. The device body and pod components are made of plastic. Plastic is an environmental problem because it doesn’t biodegrade like organic materials do – it can take up to hundreds of years for some plastic items to decompose. Vapes are also a toxic waste because of the heavy metals in the vape and the nicotine in the e-juice. Finally, vapes are e-waste since they contain lithium-ion batteries and a heating element.

(https://www.undo.org/environmental-impact/vape-waste-is-toxic-waste)