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John,

E-cigarettes are horrible for the environment.

As electronic waste, they should not even be thrown in the garbage, let alone the sidewalk, schoolyard or beach. Single-use, disposable vapes like Mylé, Puff Bar, Stig and Vuse pose the biggest risk, having increased 1000% in popularity among high school vapers over the last year. With each one containing a lithium-ion battery and nicotine, the environmental impact of e-cigarettes is only growing, like a towering mountain of toxic trash.

Our teen initiative Students Against Vaping e-cigs (SAVe) presents: #VapesAreTrash.

Visit the #VapesAreTrash campaign on Instagram

Single-use plastics

Is there a "right" way to throw away a vape?

Electronic waste

Join the #vapesaretrash Challenge 📸 📸

Spot e-cigarette-related litter in your neighborhood or at your school. Snap a photo. Post it on Instagram following our official rules, and tag it #vapesaretrash. Enter to win a reusable insulated steel bottle from NAECO! NAECO plants a piece of coral with every purchase of their sustainable water bottles. Full rules at www.vapesaretrash.org.

The EPA recognizes nicotine liquid as hazardous waste. Many e-cigarettes also contain endocrine-disrupting plastics and heavy metals. A recent study of high school campus litter found nearly 20% to be from e-cigarettes. Harmless?

"It's been super eye-opening in this campaign, learning about the huge amount of e-cig waste and e-waste that are disposed every year." -Morgan, 16

On today's podcast, Meredith and Dorian interview a teen advisor to the #vapesaretrash campaign, as well as leading expert Dr. Jeremiah Mock, health anthropologist and tobacco researcher with UCSF.

Do you know young people who care about the environment? Forward this email!

Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes

105 West 86th Street #360

New York, New York 10024
6468721531
[email protected]

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