ʻO Maidstone Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Tony Harwood, ka mea hoʻomalu kaiapuni i kahi palapala noi e koi ana i ke aupuni e kāpae i nā vapes saling no ka mea, i kona manaʻo, ke hōʻino nei lākou i ke kaiapuni. Ke ʻike ʻia nei nā vape hoʻokuʻu ʻia i loko o nā muliwai, e hoʻoweliweli ana i nā holoholona hihiu a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā minerala waiwai.
Wahi a ia, aia kahi pilikia nui me nā vape i haʻalele ʻia e hoʻopuehu ana i ko mākou mau kaiāulu ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā vape hoʻohana hoʻokahi hoʻohana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua ʻohi au i nā ʻōpala no nā makahiki, akā i kēia manawa ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka nui o nā vape i hoʻolei ʻia, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma hope o ka pō Pōʻalima a i ʻole Pōʻaono.
"No ka poʻe ʻōpio he nui, ua lilo ka vaping i mea nui o ka hele ʻana i waho.
"ʻO nā poʻe a pau i nā kaola a me nā hui i kēia mau lā me he mea lā e hoʻohūhū nei i kahi vaporizer hoʻopau, me nā mea hoʻohana, nā limahana, a me nā DJ."
Nā vapes hoʻolei ua hana ʻia me ka ʻiʻo i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka wai nicotine.
ʻO kahi mea hoʻomehana i alakaʻi ʻia e ka pā lithium e hoʻoheheʻe i ka wai i ka huki ʻana o ka mea hoʻohana i ka vaporizer.
Hoʻolei ʻia ka plastic, ka mea hoʻomehana, a me ka pākaukau i ka wā i pau ai ka wai.
Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia vape kahi pākaukau i loko o ia mea he 0.15g o ka lithium, kekahi o nā metala makamae ma ka honua.
Even though the percentage may seem insignificant, Material Focus, the nonprofit organization behind the Recycle Your Electricals campaign, recently commissioned a poll that revealed 18% of respondents had purchased a vape in the year prior, with 7% purchasing a single-use device. According to the report, 168 million nā vape hoʻopau are purchased in the UK annually, which translates to nearly 10 tonnes of the valuable metal being dumped in landfills.
ʻO Mark Miodownik ke Kulanui o Lādana he kumu aʻoaʻo o nā mea a me ka hui. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kēia ma mua: "ʻAʻole ʻike paha ka poʻe i ka wā e hoʻolei aku ai lākou i kahi vaporizer, e hoʻolei ana lākou i ka nui o ka lithium a me nā mea uila, ʻo ia mau mea koʻikoʻi no ka holomua ʻana i ka ʻoihana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka neʻe ʻana mai nā wahie fossil. Loaʻa i kā mākou mau kelepona paʻalima, kamepiula kamepiula, a me nā kaʻa uila.
ʻO ka lithium i hoʻolei ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki hiki ke hana i 1200 mau pihi kaʻa uila, e like me ka loiloi o ka makahiki i hala e Materials Focus.
Hele mai ka plastic. “Nā vapes hoʻolei ke ulu wikiwiki nei i ka makuahine o nā mea plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi," wahi a Mr. Harwood.
"Ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻike Ua hāʻule nā vape hoʻohana ma nā alanui a me nā paka i ka Kalikimaka i hala, akā i kēia manawa ua piʻi aʻe ko lākou kaulana a ke hoʻolei ʻia nei lākou ma kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
"Ua ʻike au i nā vape i haʻalele ʻia e lana ana ma nā kahawai ʻo Medway a me Len ma Maidstone a me ke kahakai ma Hythe a me Sheerness."
Hoʻolaha ʻia nā vape hoʻohana hoʻokahi e like me ka ʻeke o 20 cigakeke, akā ʻo Mr. Harwood e paio nei e ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou hopena kaiapuni.
ʻO ka hoʻohana hoʻokahi nā vape hoʻopau ua hoʻolaha ʻia e like me ka ʻeke o 20 mau paka, akā ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Harwood e ʻoi aku ka nui o ko lākou hopena kaiapuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "E ola kā lākou hoʻoilina no nā makahiki he mau makahiki, a ke hoʻomau nei lākou i ka kaulana, e ulu wale ana ko lākou mau wahi āpau.
"Ma kahi o nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ke kaiapuni, aia pū kekahi pilikia o ka pono holoholona.
Ua hōʻike ʻo ia: "Himi nā ʻīlio a me nā alopeke i nā vape i haʻalele ʻia no ka hua a me ka ʻala a lākou e hoʻopuka ai.
"He ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi nā pāpale ʻōpala, ka mea i haʻalele pinepine ʻia e keakea i ke ala o ka holoholona."
Loaʻa iā lākou ka pōʻino mai nā nicotine i kēia manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Evie Button, he luna ʻepekema ma RSPCA: "Ke hana nei kā mākou hui i nā haneli o nā hanana i kēlā me kēia makahiki kahi i hōʻino ʻia ai nā holoholona e ka ʻōpala - a ʻo lākou ka mea a mākou i ʻike ai. No kēlā me kēia holoholona hiki iā mākou ke ho'ōla, maopopo iaʻu he nui nā mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻike ʻole ʻia, a make paha.
Ua waiho ʻo Mr. Harwood i kahi palapala hoʻopiʻi lehulehu ma ka pūnaewele i ke aupuni e noi ana e pāpā ʻia ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o nā vape.
Pono ka pane kūhelu mai ke aupuni inā loaʻa iā ia nā pūlima 10,000. Inā loaʻa iā ia nā pūlima 100,000, e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ma ke kumuhana i loko o ka Pāremata.
"Ke kūpaʻa nei au i kaʻu hoʻolaha ʻana e pāpā i ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā vape i hoʻohana ʻia e ulu aʻe i mea hoʻolālā ʻāina e hoʻopau i ka makuahine o nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi," wahi a Mr. Harwood.
ʻOiai ua ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka puhi paka uila no kekahi ma lalo o 18 makahiki ma UK, ke kūʻai ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO ka hale kūʻai 13 TJ's E-cigarettes and Vapes chain ma Kent e holo ʻia e Terry Utting. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua hoʻomaka koke mākou e hāʻawi i kahi lawelawe hana hou i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ma kahi o ʻelua pule i hala.
"Hiki ke lawe ʻia mai nā vape kahiko, a e hoʻopau pono mākou iā lākou. ʻO mākou ka hale kūʻai mua e hana ia mea aʻu i ʻike ai. He pilikia. He mau kaukani o kēia mau vape e hoʻolei ʻia aku nei, a pau lākou a pau i lalo o kahi pae ʻāina. "
No kēlā me kēia vape ʻehā i hoʻihoʻi ʻia, hāʻawi ʻo Mr. Utting i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku i kahi hōʻailona ma kahi kāleka kūpaʻa. Ua ʻae ʻo ia i ka piʻi ʻana o ka kaulana o nā vaporizers disposable.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ke neʻe nei ka mākeke i kēlā ala. Akā, hahai pinepine kēia mau mea i nā pōʻai. "
Ua hooikaika loa o Mr. Utting i kana kulekele kuai ole i na keiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ke noi nei mākou i ID mai nā mea a pau i ʻike ʻia ma lalo o 25. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻaihue keiki kahi pilikia a mākou e kū nei i kēlā me kēia manawa.
"Hele lākou i loko, lawe i kekahi mau vape, a holo."
Wahi a ka noiʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), ʻoi aku ka kaulana o ka vaping ma waena o nā keiki kula. Ua ʻae ʻo 4% o nā keiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā vape i ke aloha ma 2020. I kēia makahiki, ua piʻi kēlā helu i 7%, a he 16% o nā haumāna i ʻae i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka vape ma mua o ka makahiki i hala.
Ua hopohopo nui ke kahua i ke kūlana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nā alakaʻi hou no nā kula.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Deborah Arnott, ka luna nui o ke aloha: "ʻAʻole no nā keiki ka vape, a ʻoiai hiki iā ia. kōkua i nā mākua e haʻalele i ka puhi paka inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e puhi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e vape.
"Akā naʻe, kokoke i nā keiki a pau e hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine i ka uahi, ʻoi aku ka pōʻino a me ka addicting.
“Maikaʻi inā he puhi puhi ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka vape e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻōki, akā mai hoʻohana i nā mea hoʻopau. ʻO lākou nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi e hoʻokomo pū ana i nā pākaukau, kahi e paʻakikī ai ka hana hou ʻana iā lākou.
"He pilikia nā mea hoʻokuʻu no ke kaiapuni no ka mea, hoʻolei wale ʻia lākou i loko o ka ʻōpala a hoʻopau ʻia i nā ʻōpala."
Ua ʻae ʻo Harwood. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: “ʻO nā keiki ka pahuhopu nui o ka mākeke e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia e ka nui o nā ipu waihoʻoluʻu a me nā mea ʻono keiki e like me ke kokoleka a me ka bubblegum. Akā, aia mau ka nicotine i kēia mau mea. Ma waho o kēlā me kēia kula, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā keiki e hanu ana i ka uahi vape. Ke lilo nei kekahi hanauna hou i ka nicotine.
Ke kokoke mai nei kahi pilikia olakino o ka lehulehu, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Mr. Harwood, nāna i ʻike ua hala ka pilikia ma lalo o ka ʻike o ka hapa nui o ka poʻe.
Kaomi ma aneʻi e hoʻohana i ka mea ʻimi helu leka ma ka pūnaewele Material Focus e ʻike ai i ka hale hana hou vape kokoke loa.
Hiki ke hoʻokuʻu pono ʻia nā vape ma kekahi o nā 19 KCC Household Waste Recycling Centers ma Kent, me nā mea ma Maidstone, Gillingham, Chatham, a me Dartford.
