Individual enraged by harmful object littering streets: 'I find them thrown everywhere' 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 What's really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out A toxic, plastic problem: E cigarette waste and the environment Disposable vapes are harmful to the environment, with nearly 5 million thrown away every week. As many are not recycled, their littering pollutes soil, water and biodiversity. Precious resources Department Calls for disposable vapes ban over environmental concerns ITV News