UK to ban sale of disposable vapes in response to soaring waste and safety risks | CNN
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The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom from Sunday, as the country becomes the latest to tackle the “environmental nightmare” of the single-use devices. However, some campaigners warn that the new restrictions are just “a drop in the ocean” in the war against plastic waste.

The sale of disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom from Sunday, as the country becomes the latest to tackle the “environmental nightmare” of the single-use devices. However, some campaigners warn that the new restrictions are just “a drop in the ocean” in the war against plastic waste.

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  • Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Very succinct. Agreed this is exactly what’s happening. And in a few dozen years we’re going to be destroying some new habitat for more copper and lithium mines, partially due to our failures to properly re-use stuff.