E-waste recyclers are calling on the government to introduce deposits on disposable vapes to stop them ending up in household waste and causing fires. Vapes contain batteries which can ignite, posing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Warning: This article contains graphic images of injuries sustained from exploding vapes.) Albany, New York resident Kenneth ...

More than 180 fires at rubbish dumps have been caused by “zombie batteries” since a ban on disposable vapes came into force earlier this year, a leading operator has revealed. Biffa says more than 840 ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding "zombie batteries" are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...