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Disposal of single-use vapes: 2025 ministerial direction

A ministerial direction for local authorities relating to the disposal of single-use vapes.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
2 June 2025
Last updated
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Applies to England

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The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Direction 2025 (accessible version)

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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Nature), Mary Creagh CBE MP, has issued a direction to local authorities.

The direction will require local authorities to treat single-use vapes as waste and ensure they are disposed of using the best disposal route.

Published and in force from 2 June 2025.

Updates to this page

Published 2 June 2025
Last updated 2 June 2025 show all updates

  1. Documents updated to remove an incorrect reference to paragraph 5.

  2. First published.

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