'People are still treating cheap vapes as disposable': Is the government's vape ban failing?

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'People are still treating cheap vapes as disposable': Is the government's vape ban failing?

Six months after the ban on disposable vapes came into force, waste companies warn behaviour has not changed with consumers continuing to discard vapes that lead to fires, lost resources, and millions of pounds of damage

Incorrectly discarded vapes are continuing to cause environmental harm and fire risks, fuelling fears the ban on the sale of disposable vapes that came into effect six months ago is struggling to deliver...

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