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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disposable vapes have been banned in the United Kingdom for six months, but they're still causing fires in municipal waste ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Center for Sustainable Materials Management (CSMM) at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and the Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) are partnering to ...

MANILA, Philippines — With more Filipinos—young and old—turning to e-cigarettes, a growing concern is often overlooked: Where do empty vapes go? Few are aware that these devices are classified as ...

Fires in bin lorries and waste sorting centres cost at least €100 million in the last three years, and the waste industry ...

Those single use vapes are so wasteful. No surprise they are causing other issues. At this point I would like to see a regulation that any device with a battery has to be easily and safely removable ...

JANESVILLE, Wis.-- Inside Smoker's World in Janesville, you'll find something that may seem out of place, a bin to get rid of your disposable vape. For Jared Sheen, the discarded devices are so much ...

More than a million vapes are thrown away daily. One YouTuber found a unique way to reuse them.

While popular, single-use vaping devices like the one pictured here contain lithium-ion batteries and chemical residues that make them hazardous to dispose of in standard trash or recycling bins. New ...

The Irish Waste Management Association (IWMA) has called for a deposit return scheme for vapes. It says fires caused by ...