The government has announced that it will be banning disposable vapes, in particular to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children's health.

They plan on new powers to restrict vape flavours, introduce plain packaging and change how vapes are displayed in shops so they hopefully don't appeal to children  

There will also be a new law which will make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born on or after 1 January 2009,

The Department for the Environment estimated today that five million disposable vapes are thrown away each week, up from 1.3 million from last year. Over a year this is equivalent to the lithium batteries of 5,000 electric vehicles.

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said: "Not only are disposable vapes often targeted, unacceptably, at children – they also represent a huge and growing stream of hard-to-recycle waste, with nearly 5 million thrown away every week.

"This historic announcement will be a powerful tool in support of our efforts to crack down on waste and boost recycling, as well as helping to create the first smoke-free generation. "

Allison Ogden-Newton OBE, Chief Executive of environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, said:  "The announcement of a ban on disposable vapes is great news for the environment.

"Our surveys show that disposable vape litter has doubled in the past two years alone and last year more than 16% of the sites we surveyed were blighted by these single-use items, posing a significant risk to wildlife and polluting our streets, parks and beaches.

"An estimated 260 million are thrown away in this country every year, wasting precious scarce resources, including lithium."

Frome College has run several campaigns to try and stop students vaping.