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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by Dylan16807 on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:34AM (#46615311)
It sounds like a description of most of a deposit system to me, and deposit systems are good at encouraging recycling.
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Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape by tstrimple on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @11:15AM (#46617851)
See "core charges" for many automotive parts to incentivize the return of waste for refurbishing at the higher end and bottle deposits for cans/bottles at the lower end. It's weird how things so common in one part of our society can seem so foreign in others.
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