Frontline ‘Retailer recycling lottery’ is fuelling waste fires say fire chiefsCatherine Levin3 June 2026 One year on from the ban on the sale of single use vapes, fire chiefs and charity campaigners are warning that retailers are failing to provide enough recycling points leading to millions of vapes being thrown away and fuelling waste fires.
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