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Consultation on Enforcement Guidance for Single-use Vapes
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The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
Consultation on Enforcement Guidance
On 1 June 2025 it became illegal in the UK to sell or supply single-use vapes under the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024. This ban includes any 'disposable' vapes which are not refillable and which contain a battery which cannot be recharged. It is intended to reduce the environmental harm caused by the waste from these products when they have been discarded or disposed of, and also to reduce vaping among young people.
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is a regulator for the purposes of enforcing these regulations, and as a regulator we are required to publish guidance on our use of the fines, notices and other penalties contained in the regulations, and to consult on this guidance before it is finalised.
If you have any comments on this guidance before it is finalised please e-mail trading.standards@rbwm.gov.uk by 15 August 2025
The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024
Consultation on Enforcement Guidance
On 1 June 2025 it became illegal in the UK to sell or supply single-use vapes under the Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) (England) Regulations 2024. This ban includes any 'disposable' vapes which are not refillable and which contain a battery which cannot be recharged. It is intended to reduce the environmental harm caused by the waste from these products when they have been discarded or disposed of, and also to reduce vaping among young people.
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead is a regulator for the purposes of enforcing these regulations, and as a regulator we are required to publish guidance on our use of the fines, notices and other penalties contained in the regulations, and to consult on this guidance before it is finalised.
