A clip posted online appears to show German streamer Schradin deliberately chucking a vape into one of Amsterdam’s canals, reportedly because refusing would’ve made him “not a man.”
The footage shows Schradin standing by the water with two other men. After the masculinity-flavored challenge, he throws what looks like a disposable vape straight into the canal. The group keeps chatting afterward, with one of the companions seemingly trying to talk the moment down once the chat reaction kicked in.
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Tossing a vape into water isn’t your average litter offense. Disposable vapes pack lithium-ion batteries, plastic shells, metal parts, and chemical residue, which is exactly the cocktail you don’t want leaking into a UNESCO-listed canal system. Across the EU, these devices are classified as electronic waste and are supposed to go through proper battery recycling, not directly into the Herengracht.
Amsterdam takes its waterways seriously. Littering in the Netherlands can result in fines, and the city runs a public reporting portal at meldingen.amsterdam.nl, which viewers have been pointing to since the clip surfaced. Whether the municipality has actually received a formal complaint about what happened isn’t known.
As of now, Schradin hasn’t publicly addressed the clip. No platform action has been confirmed, and there’s no word on whether Dutch authorities are looking into it.
