There is just two months to go until a ban on the sale or supply of single-use vape products in the UK comes into force, from 1 June 2025.
The ban applies to single-use vapes with or without nicotine.
Businesses are encouraged to switch to reusable products now.
Vapes are electrical items, whether they are single-use or reuseable. If you sell vapes you must offer a ‘take back’ recycling service where you accept vapes and vape parts (such as used pods, coils or batteries) that customers return for recycling.
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Vapes should be disposed of in special vape bins only and regularly collected for recycling because they are a fire risk.
The Welsh Government has written to small- and medium-size retailers across Wales who have been identified as selling or supplying single-use vapes, but the ban applies to anyone selling single-use vapes across the UK.
A guide for businesses is available at www.gov.wales/singleusevapes
