How to recycle your vapes
Used and disposable vapes contain lithium batteries and must never go in household bins — they cause fires in bin lorries and waste sites. Here's how to recycle them with us.
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Sign inA small battery with a big impact
Never put vapes in household or recycling bins — their lithium batteries cause fires in bin lorries and waste sites.
Disposable vapes contain a lithium-ion battery, plastics, copper and circuitry. Thrown in general waste they can start fires and leak harmful substances; recycled properly, the materials can be recovered.
Read our guide: How to dispose of and recycle vapes
Questions & answers
Disposable vapes contain a lithium-ion battery. In general waste they can be crushed and catch fire in bin lorries and at waste sites, and the plastics, copper and circuitry are lost instead of recovered.