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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  • SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’m not sure if this ban is actually going to work. I’ve heard rumors that manufacturers of these are just going to start putting USB ports on them and making them technically “refillable” with no plans to actually really support that so people will keep treating them as disposable anyway.