If you live in Marquette County, you can drop off your used, empty nicotine & cannabis vapes at any of the following locations:
Marquette:
Harvey:
Negaunee:
Ishpeming:
Marquette:
Over the last four years, disposable vaping devices have become extremely commonplace in Michigan. Without a firm regulatory system in place, these devices pose serious risks to the environment.
Disposable vapes are manufactured with a hard plastic outer component, a lithium-ion battery, and a nicotine, or cannabis, cartridge. Both the battery and the cartridge are considered hazardous waste. Nicotine and lithium are toxic to wildlife and poison water sources when littered, and lithium batteries cause fires in landfills and elsewhere. They are not meant to be recycled curbside or thrown away in the trash for these reasons, and they’re especially harmful when littered. Additionally, the batteries in disposable vapes are infinitely recyclable.
By recycling your empty vapes with CSCLS, the minerals in the batteries are recaptured for future use and hazardous waste is diverted from our landfills and waterways.
Citizens for Superior is partnering with Recycle 906 to host a public drop-off bucket for these vape devices at convenience stores across Marquette County.
Since the initiative began in December 2024, 6,000 vapes have been collected, diverting them from our landfills and waterways.
Take your empty, disposable nicotine or cannabis vapes to one of our recycling drop-off sites listed above. Look for a container labeled "Recycle Vapes Here" and drop them in!
CSCLS will pick up the collected vapes regularly, and host volunteer "Tape the Vapes" events to sort and prepare the vapes for proper recycling.
Once we acquire a bulk quantity of vapes, CSCLS will send them to a certified recycler. They will disassemble the devices, recycle the lithium batteries, and allow the minerals to be reused.
