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new technologies.</p><p>The non-profit group <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-crackdown-on-single-use-vapes">Material Focus estimates</a> the batteries inside all the vapes thrown away in the U.K. in 2022 held enough lithium to power at least 5,000 electric vehicles.</p><p>For Chris Doel it’s an unconscionable waste.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable" > <div class="c-figure__inner" > <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper " > <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Chris Doel is an electronics engineer who designs electric vehicle technology for for a large car-maker." src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00001.png?w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00001.png?w=1200" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00001.png?w=450 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</cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>Doel is a 25-year-old engineer who works for a large car-maker in England’s Midlands.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-10" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="10" > </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-10","lazy":false,"targeting":{"pos":10,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-10"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( 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And the electronics engineer in me was thinking, ‘How can these be disposable?'” said Doel from his garage workshop in the town of Rugby.</p><p>“Especially when you see little blinking lights. I knew that they had possibly valuable electronics inside.”</p><p>So, Doel did what any engineer worth his sodium chloride would do — he cracked open a vape to see what the battery cell looked like.</p><p>“When I first saw these cells, I was thinking these are remarkably similar to the cells that we actually use inside our e-bike batteries, anyway. So I see no reason why we couldn’t use these instead.</p> <div class="c-inlineSignup" data-newsletter-inline> <div class="c-inlineSignup__image"> <img width="170" height="225" loading="lazy" data-src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/images/skyline/national.jpg" alt="Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day."> </div> <div class="c-inlineSignup__content"> <h3>Get daily National news</h3> <div class="c-inlineSignup__blurb">Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.</div> <form class="c-newsletterSignup__container" id="ns-full-inline-form"> <fieldset class="newsletter-hidden-fields"> <input type="hidden" id="cr" name="cr" value="100431" /> <input type="hidden" id="fm" name="fm" value="101" /> <input type="hidden" id="s_brand" name="s_brand" value="gn" /> <input type="hidden" id="s_gn_daily_national" name="s_gn_daily_national" value="100" data-newsletter-inline-code /> <input type="hidden" id="s_collector" name="s_collector" value="" /> <input type="hidden" id="s_create_date" name="s_create_date" value="2024-11-24 19:30:50" /> <input type="hidden" id="s_last_modified" name="s_last_modified" value="2024-11-24 19:30:50" /> </fieldset> <label for="ns-inline-email-input" class="sr-only">Sign up for daily National newsletter</label> <input id="ns-inline-email-input" type="email" class="c-newsletterSignup__input" placeholder="Email address" required data-newsletter-inline-email /> <button id="ns-signup-button" class="c-button c-inlineSignup__button" type="button" data-newsletter-inline-submit>Sign Up</button> </form> <div class="c-inlineSignup__disclaimer">By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' <a href="https://www.corusent.com/terms-of-use/" target="_blank">Terms and Conditions</a> and <a href="https://www.corusent.com/privacy-policy/" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>.</div> </div> </div> <p>“So the first step is collecting them and that’s something not too hard. They’re littered absolutely everywhere. You find them in bushes, kicking them around on the pavement.”</p><p>Doel calculated he’d need 130 of the units to power his bicycle.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable" > <div class="c-figure__inner" > <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper " > <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Electronics engineer Chris Doel warns that it can be very dangerous to assemble an e-bike battery like this unless you know what you're doing." src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00002.png?w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00002.png?w=1200" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00002.png?w=450 450w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00002.png?w=720 720w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00002.png?w=1200 1200w," data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" /> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open" > <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> Electronics engineer Chris Doel warns that it can be very dangerous to assemble an e-bike battery like this unless you know what you’re doing. </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> Global News / Braden Latam </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>He tested each battery to make sure they were safely working, designed the wiring and a 3D-printed casing to hold them together.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-11" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="11" loading=lazy > </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-11","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":11,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-11"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>Doel warns that no one should try this unless they are fully familiar with electronics and batteries.</p><p>“They can generate excessive heat. They can burn you, they can explode, they can burn your house down,” he says.</p><p>Doel estimates his homemade e-bike battery cost about a quarter of the price of a commercial model, but he says the project was not about saving money.</p><p>“It’s an unbelievable source of e-waste and I’m really glad that I have been able to harvest all these and build some really interesting battery packs,” says Doel.</p><p>“Because I’m able to show the rest of the world — and all the other countries that haven’t yet banned them — what they’re capable of, and hopefully accelerate that process and also raise awareness to get people to move to reusable alternatives.”</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable" > <div class="c-figure__inner" > <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper " > <img class="c-figure__image" alt="It's estimated almost five million single-use vapes are thrown away in the UK every week." src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00003.png?w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00003.png?w=1200" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00003.png?w=450 450w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00003.png?w=720 720w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00003.png?w=1200 1200w," data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" /> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open" > <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> It’s estimated almost five million single-use vapes are thrown away in the UK every week. </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> Global News / Braden Latam </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div> <section id="content-dynamic-trending-stories" class="l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape" aria-label="Dynamic trending stories section" > <div class="l-inlineStories__heading " > <span class="l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough">Trending Now</span> </div> <ul class="l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline "> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10885118/trudeau-taylor-swift-concert/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media " > <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src=https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CP173524470.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1 loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt="" /> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" title="Trudeau attends Taylor Swift concert in Toronto with family" data-title>Trudeau attends Taylor Swift concert in Toronto with family</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> <li class="c-posts__item"> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10885891/anti-nato-protest-montreal-continues/" class="c-posts__inner"> <div class="c-posts__media " > <img class="c-posts__thumbnail" data-src=https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CP173571296.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&w=336&h=224&crop=1 loading="lazy" width="336" height="224" alt="" /> </div> <div class="c-posts__details"> <div class="c-posts__headline "> <span class="c-posts__headlineText" title="Anti-NATO protesters in Montreal demand Canada withdraws from alliance" data-title>Anti-NATO protesters in Montreal demand Canada withdraws from alliance</span> </div> <div class="c-posts__author"></div> </div> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <p>The U.K. will ban ban single-use, disposable vapes in 2025, and other countries are set to follow.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-12" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="12" loading=lazy > </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-12","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":12,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-12"},"companion":false} ); } </script> </div> <p>Mark Miodownik is a professor of Materials and Society at University College London.</p><p>He says the vape waste issue is part of a much greater problem.</p><p>“Once you’ve got lithium out (of the ground), you really want to keep hold of it. It’s just an absolute crime to be throwing it away,” says Miodownik.</p><p>“Why is throwing away valuable materials cheap? Well, because the price is artificial. It doesn’t include the pollution. And if you were to include the pollution, they would not be cheap and disposability would not be an option.”</p><p>Miodownik beleives both legislation and education are key to creating a more circular economy where we reuse, repair or reduce our consumption of valuable or harmful materials.</p><div class="l-article__part" data-shortcode="caption"> <figure class="c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable" > <div class="c-figure__inner" > <div class="c-figure__imageWrapper " > <img class="c-figure__image" alt="Chris Doel says his e-bike battery made from 130 recycled vapes can take him about 32 kilometres without pedalling." src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00004.png?w=12&h=12&crop=1" data-src="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00004.png?w=1200" srcset="" sizes="" data-srcset="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00004.png?w=450 450w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00004.png?w=720 720w,https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Still1122_00004.png?w=1200 1200w," data-sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 1200px,(min-width: 520px) 720px,450px" width="1200" height="675" loading="lazy" /> <a href="" title="View image in full screen" class="c-figure__expand c-figure__overlay" data-trackaction="image | open" > <span class="sr-only">View image in full screen</span> <div class="c-figure__maximizeBtn"> <svg class="c-icon c-icon--white c-figure__icon" focusable="false"> <use xlink:href="https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/assets/dist/icons/out/symbol/svg/sprite.symbol.svg?v=bahmjko3l#maximize"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </div> <figcaption class="c-figure__caption c-caption"> <span class="c-caption__desc"> Chris Doel says his e-bike battery made from 130 recycled vapes can take him about 32 kilometres without pedalling. </span> <cite class="c-caption__cite"> Global News / Braden Latam </cite> </figcaption> </div> </figure> </div><p>With the U.K. vape ban imminent, Doel knows time could be running out for him to complete his next projects.</p> <div class="c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad"> <div class="c-ad__label">Story continues below advertisement</div> <div id="gpt-ad-300250-13" class="c-ad__unit" data-ad-pos="13" loading=lazy > </div> <script> if ( typeof( gn_monetize ) !== 'undefined' && typeof( gn_monetize.Ads ) !== 'undefined' && gn_monetize.Ads.initialRequestMade() ) { // Ads script has been loaded, create the ad. gn_monetize.Ads.create( {"sizes":"[300,250]","biddable":true,"id":"gpt-ad-300250-13","lazy":true,"targeting":{"pos":13,"slotid":"gpt-ad-300250-13"},"companion":false} ); } else { // if Ads script not yet loaded, queue up ad data for initialization. var gnAdSettings = gnAdSettings || {}; gnAdSettings.ads = gnAdSettings.ads || []; gnAdSettings.ads.push( 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