Vape Disposal Journey About 5 years ago these vape devices started showing up in the roadside litter that I would pick up. They went straight into my bag and to the local Americans throw away 5.7 disposable vape pens every second. That's 500,000 per day or 182 million per year! Fortunately, Shawnee County Solid Waste has a few locations where you can responsibly dispose Proper Disposal of E Cigarette Waste Utah Department of Environmental Quality How to Dispose of Disposable Vapes in the UK Ecigator