Nicotine vape devices are now accepted for safe disposal at the @Iowa City Landfill & Recycling Center's Hazardous Material Collection Facility. Vape devices contain toxic nicotine and lithium ion batteries. Improper disposal of Do Vape Shops Buy Back Disposables? Kent Day 22: V is for Vapes! Vapes pose a 'cloud' of problems! A lot of them contain lithium ion batteries. which can cause a fire in our Recycling Center if not Iowa City Landfill now offering safe vape disposal, citing dangers from improperly trashed e cigarettes It will take you 30 seconds to drop a used vape at a recycling point. When vapes get crushed in general waste or mixed recycling, the batteries can spark. That spark becomes