We throw away five million disposable vapes every year in the UK. This amounts to eight vapes being discarded every second. Councillor Clyde Loakes, chair of the North London Waste Assembly, is urging WION Climate Tracker: UK organisations push to make vape recycling more accessible English News Study: Vape Litter Out of Control Tobacco Reporter The Environmental Impact of Disposable Vapes A toxic, plastic problem: E cigarette waste and the environment With more vapes getting thrown away every year, it's become a growing environmental problem. Vapes contain heavy metals, nicotine, and other chemicals, which leach toxic pollutants into the soil and waterways when