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California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires

Lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would ban disposable vape cartridges, a scourge to waste haulers and facilities.

California moves to outlaw disposable vapes, a toxic trash plague from beaches to battery fires

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