Photo of disposable vape with touch screen features sparks outrage online: 'Because we don't have enough batteries in our waste dumps' From 1 June 2025, selling or supplying single use vapes will be banned across the UK. Up to 26 million disposable vapes were consumed and thrown away in Scotland in 2023. The ban We throw away five million disposable vapes every year in the UK. This amounts to eight vapes being discarded every second. Councillor Clyde Loakes, chair of the North London Waste Assembly, is urging Disposable vapes are creating piles of electronic waste 8.2 million vapes thrown away or recycled incorrectly every week