Vape use sees sharp drop - but campaigners issue this warning after first year of ban
Councils say 8.2 million vapes a week were discarded before the ban, while fire chiefs warn lithium-ion batteries are still causing blazes.
- On Monday, councils and campaigners warned that millions of vapes are still being discarded incorrectly one year after the Government banned single-use devices, despite Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds claiming the ban has reduced youth usage.
- Research by Material Focus estimated 8.2 million vapes and pods were thrown away weekly before the ban; Scott Butler, executive director of Material Focus, called them "environmentally wasteful, damaging and dangerous consumer products."
- Polling by Electrical Safety First found 59% of vapers admitted disposing of vapes in household rubbish over the past 12 months, while 47% of consumers remain unaware vapes can be recycled.
- Biffa recovered more than two million discarded vapes at four sites between June 2025 and March, while Joanne Henderson of the National Fire Chiefs Council warned that every bin-disposed vape risks causing serious fires.
- Local authorities are urging the Government to tighten the legal definition of single-use vapes after manufacturers introduced styles that circumvent the existing ban, with officials required to review enforcement within three years.
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Government urged to crack down on cheap vapes circumventing single-use ban
Vape makers have developed cheap, new styles that meet the legal requirements yet are sold, priced and used in the same way as the disposable models.
Vape use sees sharp drop – but campaigners issue this warning after first year of ban
There has been a sharp decline in the use of vapes in the UK a year on from the government ban on single-use devices – but campaigners have warned that millions are still being binned. Source link : https://news.sky.com/story/vape-use-sees-sharp-drop-but-campaigners-issue-this-warning-after-first-year-of-ban-13549683 Author : Publish date : 2026-06-01 01:11:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Calls for crackdown on cheap vapes circumventing single-use ban
Disposable and reusable vapes. Photo James Manning/PA Wire Rebecca Speare-Cole, Press Association Sustainability Reporter Millions of vapes are still being binned one year after the UK Government banned single-use devices, councils and campaigners have warned. Shops and online retailers can only sell vapes that meet a set of reusable criteria after ministers introduced new rules a year ago on Monday as part of efforts to crackdown on their use a…
Government Urged To Crack Down On Cheap Vapes Circumventing Single Use Ban
Millions of vapes are still being binned one year after the Government banned single-use devices, councils and campaigners have warned. Shops and online retailers can only sell vapes that meet a set of reusable criteria after ministers introduced new rules a year ago on Monday as part of efforts to crackdown on their use among young people and environmental impacts. But vape makers have since developed cheap, new styles that meet the lega…
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