Electronic Cigarettes: Waste Disposal

(asked on 15th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the proper disposal of disposable vaping products.


Answered by
Robbie Moore Portrait
Robbie Moore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 24th January 2024

Householders can take unwanted vapes (and other electrical equipment) to designated collection facilities (typically household waste recycling centres operated by local authorities) or retailers on purchase of new vapes free of charge. The cost of the collection, transport and subsequent treatment and recycling of that waste is financed by manufacturers and importers of those products. Householders can also take their used vapes to retailers when they buy new ones. Retailers are required to provide take-back systems to customers and ensure they are sent for onward treatment.

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