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YouGov poll of 5,100 adults indicates sales of single-use e-cigarettes may have doubled over the past year, leaving a growing mountain of waste plastic and battery materials in their wake

Government understood to have concluded the disposable nicotine products are mainly aimed at under-18s

We asked people in the Highland capital what they think of the Scottish Government considering banning disposable vapes – heres what they had to say.

Waste problem caused by single-use products quadruples in year, says Material Focus

When not disposed of correctly, vapes can cause fires because of the batteries hidden inside them.

Exclusive: Fourfold increase on 2022 sees enough vapes discarded to create 5,000 electric car batteries

The number of disposable single-use vapes thrown away has soared from 1.3 million to nearly 5 million per week.

The number of disposable vapes thrown away has quadrupled to five million per week over the past year, according to research from a recycling campaign group.

According to research from recycling campaign group Material Focus, five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week in the UK.

More than five million vapes a week are being thrown away in the UK when they could be usefully recycled, according to a campaign organisation. Material