Well now this is all in the way you look at it. E-cigs themselves are far more eco friendly than the old filtered cigs. Whereas the paper and tobacco of an old fashioned cigarette are biodegradable, those cotton filters take a long time to degrade. But batteries?
How Many Batteries Will a Rechargeable Battery Cover?
FIN refill cartridges cost about $20 for a pack of 14. A simple starter pack is only $30 and a ‘lifestyle kit’ will cost you $60, but then you have everything you need. FIN e cig batteries cost about $15 to replace (the rechargeable ones) and have several methods by which you can recharge them. There is a car charger and another charger that is A/C-USB adaptable. So pretty much wherever you are, you’re going to be able to recharge one way or another. If you take proper care of your charger and rechargeable battery, we’re talking cleaning/maintenance, it can last you as much as approximately 300 or so charges. That’s a lot of little batteries that you would have to have disposed of. But what happens to batteries when you ‘dispose’ of them? They are after all technically considered to contain hazardous materials.
Recycling Batteries
Though modern landfills are supposedly capable of handling your basic newer 9-volt, D, C, AAA, and AA batteries, due to their reduced levels of mercury—many people (and the environment) would be better served by taking old used up batteries to battery recycling stations. Reduced mercury does, after all, still mean that there’s mercury in there. When it comes to the eventual, unavoidable demise of your disposable battery you can log onto Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation to find out what to do with those.
In almost any way you look at it, e-cigs are far more eco friendly, lung friendly, crowd friendly and even addiction friendly because you can eventually wean yourself down to smaller dosages of nicotine and (if you want to) eventually go nicotine free.