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Single-use plastic disposable vapes must be banned amid shocking levels of litter, MSP urges

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Disposable vapes should be banned after Scotland’s streets became a plastic dumping ground, an MSP has demanded. Green MSP Gillian Mackay backed the Daily Record in launching its campaign today to highlight the shocking extent of disposable vape use in Scotland.

Our city parks have become clogged up by the disposable plastic items, which experts say are a threat to children’s health and a menace to wildlife.Today at the Scottish Parliament Green MSP Gillian Mackay will highlight the Record’s campaign and urge the Government to introduce a ban on disposable plastic vapes.Mackay warned the single-use devices were turning up more and more on streets and in beach clean-ups - and claimed they could become “the cotton bud of their time”.It comes after the Scottish Government last year banned most types of single-use plastics as part of efforts to shift to a “circular economy” with fewer items wasted.

But disposable e-cigs weren’t affected, and they’ve exploded in popularity since 2021 with a 14-fold increase in their use among vapers over more eco-friendly rechargeable products.Shocking research last year found 1.3million single-use vapes are being discarded every week in the UK, enough to cover 22 football pitches - an average of two thrown away every second.Recycling the products is also tricky as inside the plastic are valuable lithium batteries.

Campaigners say the amount of batteries chucked away would be enough to power 1200 electric cars.Mackay - the Scottish Greens’ health spokeswoman - has also highlighted the public health unknowns around vaping, particularly for younger Scots.

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