Are you a vaper and unsure what to do with your used vapes? Are you hoarding them where you live or work? Well, you’re not alone as there is a lot of confusion around the best and safest way to dispose of your vapes in an environmentally conscious way.
Are you a vaper and unsure what to do with your used vapes? Are you hoarding them where you live or work? Well, you’re not alone as there is a lot of confusion around the best and safest way to dispose of your vapes in an environmentally conscious way.
The latest research by Material Focus reveals that some five million single-use vapes are thrown away every week, with nearly three million being hoarded in cupboards every month. It also found that 70% of people threw away their disposables because they ‘didn’t know they could recycle them’. A report from specialist waste management firm Waste Experts concluded that ‘consumers don’t try to recycle these products because they do not know they should or have easy access to a recycling option’ – a challenge that is ‘not unique to vapes’. To support the correct disposal of vaping products, the UK Vaping Industry Association has published a handy recycling guide – available to view and download below:
This webinar, which was organised as part of Sustainable Vaping Week, explored how to best encourage consumers to recycle their used vapes, new and evolving
The UK Vaping Industry Association’s annual Sustainable Vaping Week campaign is returning for its second year. Launching today, in line with International E-Waste Day, the
Findings follow fast on the heels of the government’s announcement to ban disposable vapes, partially due to concerns over the environment 80% of major
Recycle-vapes.co.uk is a new information hub to equip consumers and the vaping industry with the know how to take positive action and greatly reduce the impact of vaping on the environment.
