“This move challenges the throwaway culture threatening to suffocate our planet and addresses the rise of disposable technology driving electronic waste. It’s an essential step to protect both ...

Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK next year to protect children's health and tackle "throwaway" culture, ministers said on Thursday. Public Health and Prevention Minister Andrew Gwynne ...

Ministers also want to stop users trashing the environment with the throwaway devices. More than 40 tonnes of lithium, used in the batteries, was thrown out with disposable vapes in the UK in 2022 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from next summer as part of a drive to protect ...

Circular Economy Minister Mary Creagh said the decision is part of a set of changes to “end this nation’s throwaway culture”. She called littered vapes “extremely wasteful and a blight on our towns ...

The government has announced a ban on the sale of disposable vapes from June next year ... She added: “That is why we are banning single use vapes as we end this nation’s throwaway culture. “This is ...

By Stephen Castle Reporting from London Disposable vapes will be banned ... initiative was part of an effort to combat Britain’s “throwaway culture.” Similar prohibitions are being planned ...

One minister described them as a "blight on our towns and cities", criticising our country's "throwaway culture ... government has criticised the way disposable vapes are marketed to children ...

Ministers also want to stop users trashing the environment with the throwaway devices. More than 40 tonnes of lithium, used in the batteries, was thrown out with disposable vapes in the UK in ...