VAPES BAN IS A BAD CHOKE

WASTE FIRM SLAMS DISPOSABLES CRACKDOWN

- BY DAN VEVERS

SCOTLAND'S disposable vapes ban has been branded a failure due to loopholes which allow virtually identical new products to be sold.

Waste firm Biffa warned last week said new laws have done nothing to stop people throwing away millions of devices.

They're described as "bombs in bins" because vapes' lithium batteries can easily ignite if crushed. Blazes in bin lorries and waste facilities are claimed to be on the rise.

Edinburgh-based VPZ has now called for all pre-filled vapes and pods, which are mostly imported from China, to be outlawed.

Operations boss Jamie Strachan said: "While the ban on disposable vapes was intended to reduce environmental harm, it has not addressed the root of the problem.