The growth of the disposable electronic cigarette market has brought environmental problems, such as the dumping of a large number of disposable plastics into the standard landfill, and the loss of valuable recyclable materials such as lithium in disposable batteries. Since the EU’s tobacco product directive was incorporated into national law, the UK will witness the first important electronic cigarette legislation.
The UK may change in terms of environment and sustainability in 2023. Since the EU’s tobacco product directive was incorporated into national law, the UK will witness the first important electronic cigarette legislation.
When the tobacco product directive limits the bottle size, nicotine strength and volume of electronic cigarette cans, other aspects of the electronic cigarette market are self-regulated, and some aspects are not foreseen at all.
The growth of the disposable electronic cigarette market has brought environmental problems, such as the dumping of a large number of disposable plastics into the standard landfill, and the loss of valuable recyclable materials such as lithium in disposable batteries.
A report released last year by the UK Smoking and Health Action and Cancer Research Organization said: “Disposable e-cigarettes are now the most commonly used products among current e-smokers, with a sevenfold increase from 7% in 2020 and 8% in 2021 to 52% in 2022. In the past year, people are increasingly worried about the popularity of disposable e-cigarettes among young people, but this is the first time to obtain national data to show the scale of this change. The increase in the use of e-cigarettes shown in the survey is worrying and needs close monitoring.” However, among the people under 18 who have never smoked, 92% have never smoked electronic cigarettes, and only 2% have smoked once or twice. ”
In addition to the increasing awareness of the parliament that e-cigarette companies are irresponsible marketing to non-smoking teenagers through social media, 1.3 million disposable e-cigarette products are discarded here every week, causing environmental damage.
Scott Butler, executive director of Material Focus, said: “We need to take urgent action now and ensure that they are recycled. Throwing away electronic cigarettes means that we are throwing away some of the most precious materials on the earth. Manufacturers and retailers need to work together to ensure that they make people realize that electronic cigarettes should never be discarded, but should be recycled.”
Manufacturers, importers and distributors have realized this since entering the market. Geek Bar and Elfbar are leading the disposable goods industry.
The last debate held in Parliament before the Christmas holiday involved a discussion on “the impact of disposable electronic cigarettes on the environment”.
Rebecca Pow, deputy secretary of state of the British Parliament responsible for environment, food and rural affairs, said that the government had noticed that children were “attracted” by disposable electronic cigarettes and planned to take action.
Although she did not elaborate on how it would prevent teenagers from using it, she did suggest that the company would be forced to join the producer compliance plan in 2023. This shows that importers will contribute to the clean-up fund and be forced to comply with the WEEE recycling regulations.
“The proliferation of this new type of waste is rapidly becoming a reality and attracting people’s attention,” she said

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