This June will see single-use vapes ban: guidance for businesses

The ban on single-use vape products will begin on 1 June 2025 and includes those which do or do not contain nicotine.

Reusable vapes will remain legal to sell.

The offence of supplying a prohibited single-use vape product can be committed by a person if they:

• supply a single-use vape.
• offer to supply a single-use vape; or
• have a single-use vape in their possession for supply.

Businesses should take steps now to start planning for the new law and start stocking reusable vapes instead.

When the ban comes into force, businesses will have to:

• Stop selling single-use vape products to customers or other businesses.
• Stop buying single-use vape products from wholesalers.
• Tell their staff about these changes.

Businesses who still have banned products should speak to suppliers or existing disposal companies about how to recycle them safely and legally.

Failing to recycle single-use vape stocks from 1 June 2025 will put your business at risk of commercial loss and legal enforcement action. 

Single-use vapes cannot go into household waste and must be disposed of safely at household recycling centres. This is due to the risk of catching fire, and mixed materials including batteries, metal and plastic.

You can find a recycler on the Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) public registers [GOV.UK]

These Regulations aim to reduce the environmental harm caused by the production and incorrect disposal of single-use vapes.

This is part of a wider commitment to:

• encourage wider and more sustainable behaviour change around the consumption of single-use products
• tackle the throw-away culture.
• encourage a shift towards reusable alternatives.