Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government what contribution, if any, the vaping industry makes to the cost of the appropriate disposal of vapes.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment regulations make producers responsible for electrical products (including vapes) they place on the market when they become waste. This week, following a consultation under the previous Government, we laid an amending SI to create a new category of electrical equipment for vapes (previously included in category 7: Toys, and Leisure), to ensure vape producers pay their fair market share towards separate collection, treatment, and recycling costs of their products.