Vape Battery Recycling Initiative Launches Vape batteries should never be put in domestic waste, as they have caused industrial fires at waste facilities. , Always recycle vape batteries and one easy way to do so is to drop them down to our Monroe County among first in nation to properly dispose vape devices WHEC.com Just because you throw it away, does not mean it disappears Batteries are some of the smallest items we still receive in both trash and recycling truck when they shouldn't even be Green Star of Interior Alaska Vape Battery Recycling Initiative