With more vapes getting thrown away every year, it's become a growing environmental problem. Vapes contain heavy metals, nicotine, and other chemicals, which leach toxic pollutants into the soil and waterways when Communities Can't Recycle or Trash Disposable E Cigarettes. So What Happens to Them? Chicago News WTTW How to Dispose of Vapes: A Guide to Responsible Vaping How does the disposable vape ban work, and how harmful is vaping?