South Lanarkshire Council calls for ban on 'harmful' disposable vapes

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A motion calling for a ban on single-use disposable vapes has been agreed by South Lanarkshire Council.The motion was unanimously agreed by councillors following a recent meeting of the full council which heard that one in 10 S4 pupils regularly vape - a rate which the last Health and Wellbeing Census reveals has tripled in the last five years.Proposed by Councillor Robert Brown, and seconded by Councillor Elise Frame, the motion stated: 'South Lanarkshire Council is concerned at the health and environmental harm caused by the increasing use, particularly by young people, of Disposable Nicotine Vapour Products (DNVPs/vapes)'.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Over 1.3 million vapes are discarded in the United Kingdom every week (which are not able to be recycled) - the equivalent of 10 tonnes of lithium reaches landfill or incinerators each year (enough to make batteries for 1200 electric cars).Damaged batteries from vapes cause hundreds of fires each year at recycling plants and during