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Require the ability that anything with a battery has the ability to have it removed for recycling. And force ban on single use batteries from vapes and like products that are frequently difficult in design to not be recycled.
Just make a vape deposit system. And resell the batteries back to the vape manufacturers. They are good for hundreds of charges.
Vapes shouldn't be disposable in the first place.
Would probably also be expensive to validate that the used batteries are still safe.
They'd just crush them up for the precious metals.
I do think about disposable vapes with 20w USB c charging and three inch LCDs.
Like those components are so cheap or old that they're basically free. People are just throwing these bells and whistles on like we use packaging cause why not
We do an amazing job with lead acid batteries. You don't even have to throw them in the ocean anymore because you get money back.
I think the batteries in everyone's car are basically ore for the next generation.
I think this is where we'll start to see some innovation, large pita batteries supplimenting the crumbling infrastructure that people trade out every few years.
With the deregulation of wireless Internet, wired Internet is basically a liability now. I know that where I'm located the electric grid hasn't been updated in years, the pipes are rotting out around us as well.