On Oct. 31, the outlet reported that Biffa, the U.K.'s largest waste management firm, warned of an alarming and dangerous trend. Despite a recently implemented, countrywide disposable vape ban, the ...

Major waste companies have warned the incorrect disposal of vapes are causing the equivalent of more than one fire a day - despite a ban on disposable vapes coming into place six months ago. Waste ...

Firefighters extinguish a fire caused by a vape on a lorry transporting waste on the Manchester ring road in May 2024 A major waste firm has warned that wrongly discarded vapes are still causing fires ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding “zombie batteries” are still piling up in landfill sites across the UK. When devices are ...

For the past years people have been collecting disposable vapes primarily for their lithium-ion batteries, but as these disposable vapes have begun to incorporate more elaborate electronics, these too ...