Vapes Burnin' Up the Block: Environmental Racism Hit Different
All these dead vapes pile up, messin' wit the environment and puttin' folks in the hood at risk – ain't nothin' changed.

Aight, check it, fam. Dis whole vape ting goin' on in the UK is straight-up bogus. They banned disposables last year, but still got six million vapes gettin' tossed every week. Where dey end up? In places like Birmingham, where folks like Ana gotta bust they ass breakin' 'em down. Straight clown sh*t.
Ana, she out there at the Suez plant, hammer in hand, smashin' these things open. Tryna get the batteries out. Meanwhile, these batteries, man, they the real problem. Lithium-ion, ready to pop off like a firework. Suez sayin' vapes caused over 80% of the fires at they spots last year. 80 PERCENT! You kiddin' me?
So, what dat mean for us in the hood? More pollution, more risk. These fires ain't happenin' in rich neighborhoods, ya feel me? They happenin' where the waste plants at. And guess who livin' next door to the waste plants? Us. Same old story, different day.
This Dr. Adam Read dude at Suez talkin' 'bout it costin' a BILLION POUNDS a year to deal wit dis vape mess. A BILLION! Dat money could be goin' to schools, to healthcare, to fixin' up our communities. But nah, it's goin' to clean up the garbage from some greedy companies pushin' this vape sh*t on everybody.
And peep this: folks ain't even know how to throw 'em away right. Dey just tossin' 'em in the regular trash. Now, who fault is dat? Is it on the people, or is it on the corporations for not makin' it clear? For not providin' no easy way to recycle these damn tings?
It's the same game, man. They sellin' us poison, makin' a profit, and leavin' us to deal wit the consequences. Da environmental cost is just another way dey hurtin' us.
But we ain't dummies. We see what's goin' on. We gotta demand better. Demand dat these companies take responsibility. Demand dat our communities get protected. Demand some real change, ya heard?
Cause at the end of the day, we ain't just talkin' 'bout vapes. We talkin' 'bout the system. The system dat always puttin' us at the bottom. We gotta fight back and build somethin' better for ourselves and our kids.
Don't let 'em fool you, man. This ain't just a vape problem, it's a system problem. And we gotta dismantle it piece by piece, until we get what we deserve. Straight up.
Dis the real, man. They out here playin games wit our health and our environment. We gotta stay woke and fight back. No cap.

