Petition · past parliament
Ban the manufacture and sale of disposable vapes
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Allowing the manufacture and sale of disposable vapes is undermining national targets to reduce the amount of chemicals and plastics entering the environment. Government must work urgently with manufacturers and retailers to ban the manufacture and sale of disposable vapes to protect the environment
Disposable vapes contain lithium batteries, metal wiring and plastic parts.
Carelessly discarded vapes now litter the UK and pose a choking hazard to wildlife. The batteries pose a fire hazard and leach toxic chemicals into the environment.
Research suggests that people in the UK are throwing away approximately two disposable vapes every second, resulting in 10 tonnes of lithium being sent to landfill every year.
Lithium is a precious metal that is used in electric cars and solar panels.
Carelessly discarded vapes now litter the UK and pose a choking hazard to wildlife. The batteries pose a fire hazard and leach toxic chemicals into the environment.
Research suggests that people in the UK are throwing away approximately two disposable vapes every second, resulting in 10 tonnes of lithium being sent to landfill every year.
Lithium is a precious metal that is used in electric cars and solar panels.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 28 Nov 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Dec 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Dec 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.