The hidden environmental impact of vaping culture Sustainability Magazine We throw away five million disposable vapes every year in the UK. This amounts to eight vapes being discarded every second. Councillor Clyde Loakes, chair of the North London Waste Assembly, is urging Environmental impacts of vaping and smoking David Suzuki Foundation Disposable vapes are harmful to the environment, with nearly 5 million thrown away every week. As many are not recycled, their littering pollutes soil, water and biodiversity. Precious resources Department Individual enraged by harmful object littering streets: 'I find them thrown everywhere' Vape Waste 2