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 Five million vapes thrown away a week, campaign group says The Independent Unsafe disposal of millions of vapes a week causing environmental damage and rise in lithium ion battery fires British Safety Council A shocking five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week. Why is this a problem? The small batteries that power the vapes can cause fires, especially when they get into the How should we dispose of our disposable vapes?