Disposable vape waste quadruples to 5 million per week Rise of single use vapes sending tonnes of lithium to landfill TBIJ Did you know five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week? We want to hear your views on restricting their sale as part of our plans to: tackle youth vaping SWEEEP warns used e cigarettes are 'potentially hazardous' letsrecycle.com The rise in vape waste has been described as "beyond staggering" in a new report revealing that 129kg of disposable devices roughly the weight of a baby elephant were found