Lithium (and other materials that go into common rechargable batteries in vapes) are rare earth minerals that could be used for other much more important uses whereas the materials in non-rechargable batteries are less useful or rare. Not all vapes use lithium but it’s common, and using it just once is a particularly wasteful use of a valuable resource, along with other hazards that come from dumping it in landfill.

Making a vape with a (user) rechargable battery that has a decent amount of re-uses isn’t that hard, so these single-use vapes really are just pointless.

But yeah, disposable batteries in general aren’t great either, and I avoid them as much as possible my self.

They cause an incredible amount of e-waste and are frequently targeted at children.

Increase education rates, reduce poverty, and give women more rights = fertility goes down. This is a good thing in theory, but society has to change its approach to designing the economy to handle a declining population.