Hazardous waste status of discarded electronic cigarettes

• Published in: Waste management (Elmsford) Vol. 39; pp. 57 - 62
• Main Authors: Krause, Max J., Townsend, Timothy G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2015
• Subjects: California; Cigarettes; CONCENTRATION RATIO; Control; e-cigarette; e-waste; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; Electronics; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; Hazardous waste; Hazardous Waste - analysis; Hazardous Waste - classification; Hazardous Waste - economics; Hazardous wastes; HOUSEHOLDS; issues and policy; Juices; LEACHING; LEAD; MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; managers; NICOTINE; POLLUTION REGULATIONS; Refuse Disposal - legislation & jurisprudence; RETAILERS; SOLUTIONS; surveys; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOXICITY; Waste disposal; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WEEE; INE, USA, California; California; WEEE; E-cigarette; ENDS; e-waste; Lead; Hazardous waste; Nicotine; e-cigarette

•Electronic cigarettes were tested using TCLP and WET.•Several electronic cigarette products leached lead at hazardous waste levels.•Lead was the only element that exceeded hazardous waste concentration thresholds.•Nicotine solution may cause hazardous waste classification when discarded unused. The...