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Thirteen disposable vapes thrown away each second
Disposable vapes of varying flavours on sale in a store close to Birmingham, January 29, 2024

THIRTEEN vapes are thrown away every second in Britain, new research found today. 

Five million single-use vapes were being binned weekly last year, according to campaign group Material Focus.

But now, 8.2 million single-use, single pod, and “big puff” vapes, are thrown away each week — amounting to 13 per second.

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