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'Government calls time on these nasty devices': Single-use vapes banned from tomorrow

Recycling

'Government calls time on these nasty devices': Single-use vapes banned from tomorrow

Ban on sale and supply of single-use vapes comes into force on Sunday 1 June in bid to halt 'avalanche of rubbish flooding the nation's streets'

clock 31 May 2025 • 4 min read
Government urges retailers to run down stock of disposable vapes

Waste

Government urges retailers to run down stock of disposable vapes

Defra warns High Street shops and convenience stores that 'ban comes into force in just a few weeks'

clock 01 April 2025 • 3 min read
Will the promised ban on disposable e-cigarettes be enough to prevent a 'vapocalypse'?

Waste

Will the promised ban on disposable e-cigarettes be enough to prevent a 'vapocalypse'?

Material Focus warns 'big puff' vapes could see the UK still facing an avalanche of vape-related e-waste

clock 16 December 2024 • 7 min read
Up in smoke: Single use vapes to be banned in England from June 2025

Legislation

Up in smoke: Single use vapes to be banned in England from June 2025

Legislation to ban sale of single use vapes from 1 June 2025 laid in Parliament, Circular Economy Minister confirms

clock 24 October 2024 • 5 min read
Vapes and e-waste blamed for surge in battery fires at waste sites

Waste

Vapes and e-waste blamed for surge in battery fires at waste sites

New figures reveal there have been over 1,200 battery fires in bin lorries and at waste sites in the UK over the past 12 months

clock 10 May 2024 • 4 min read
Study: Just one-in-10 vape retailers and producers complying with takeback and recycling rules

Technology

Study: Just one-in-10 vape retailers and producers complying with takeback and recycling rules

Vast majority of vape firms falling short of e-waste standards, as sector prepares for more than a quarter of a billion devices to be thrown away this year

clock 22 March 2024 • 4 min read
Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic to count scale of plastic crisis ahead of Global Treaty talks

Policy

Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic to count scale of plastic crisis ahead of Global Treaty talks

Tens of thousands of people sign up to Greenpeace UK and Everyday Plastic's Big Plastic Count to measure scale of UK waste between 11th and 17th March

clock 29 January 2024 • 5 min read
Defra plots electrical goods recycling reforms to end 'sheer waste of natural resources'

Recycling

Defra plots electrical goods recycling reforms to end 'sheer waste of natural resources'

Government seeks views on range of proposals to give manufacturers and retailers of electrical appliances and vapes greater responsibility for recycling these items

clock 28 December 2023 • 5 min read
Rishi Sunak declares Conservatives have 'solved' net zero 'problems'

Politics

Rishi Sunak declares Conservatives have 'solved' net zero 'problems'

Prime Minister again defends decision to rollback climate policies, insisting he will 'take no lectures' from countries that are not decarbonising as fast as the UK

clock 04 October 2023 • 9 min read
Cheaper heat pumps, greener UK steel, and 'out of control' vape waste: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

BusinessGreen

Cheaper heat pumps, greener UK steel, and 'out of control' vape waste: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week

clock 15 September 2023 • 1 min read
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