Deposit Return Scheme for vapes: 'We can't afford this waste'

In the first four months of 2023 alone, 26.3 million disposable vaping products were sold – a dramatic increase from the 5.6 million vapes sold throughout 2022.He calculated that the 26.3 million vapes sold in the first four months of 2023 would have had enough lithium inside to power 3,018 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles.

“I’m going to do something that seems remarkable and I’m going to get people who are EV drivers and people who hate EV drivers to agree on one thing,” said Garreth. “We have legislation there with WEEE so if you buy a Kindle or a toaster it’s already built into it that you pay a certain amount for the recycling of that product,” he said.

“I would like to see either a €2 or €5 deposit, something substantial that would mean if someone saw it on the street they would say ‘I’m picking that up and dropping it to a shop’.”

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