Do Vapes Expire? Signs Your Disposable Is No Longer Usable 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 Disposable vapes are officially banned in the UK! Up until now, five million disposable vapes have been thrown away every single week, with many of them ending up as litter in The 2025 Disposable Vapes Ban: What You Need to Know ASH