From Sunday, 1 June 2025, single use vapes will be banned across the whole of the UK to reduce the environmental harm caused by their production and incorrect disposal.
Keep Wales Tidy estimates that over just one year, 360,000 single use vapes are littered on the ground in Wales, while 120,000 are flushed down the toilet.
Littering spoils our communities, introduces harmful substances into soil, rivers and streams, and causes harm to biodiversity.
The move follows a Welsh Government commitment to ‘embed our response to the climate and nature emergency in everything we do’.
Around 2,000 affected small- and medium-sized retailers across Wales have received hard-copy information from the Welsh Government advising them of the upcoming ban and actions they need to take.
Businesses which sell single-use vapes must offer a take-back recycling service for customers to bring back their used vapes, pods or batteries, and dispose of any leftover single-use vapes correctly.
For further information please select the following link: Single use vapes ban comes into force this weekend | GOV.WALES and Single-use vapes ban: guidance for businesses | GOV.WALES