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  • SINGLE-USE VAPES

    Topics:
    • Actions to Protect our Environment, 
    • Pollution, 
    • Resource & Waste Policy, 
    • Batteries, 
    • Disposal, 
    • Extended Producer Responsibility, 
    • Pollution prevention and control, 
    • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

    Date published: 9 August 2024

    The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has made a Draft Statutory Rule entitled “The Environmental Protection (Single-use Vapes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024”.

    These Regulations seek to prohibit the supply, whether by sale or otherwise in the course of business, single-use vapes, and are intended to come into force in Northern Ireland (and across the UK) on 1 April 2025. A copy of the draft legislation is available below.

    DAERA welcomes your representations/comments on the draft legislation. These must be made in writing to either:

    • EPRTeam@daera-ni.gov.uk; or
    • Extended Producer Responsibility Team 2, First Floor, Clare House, 303 Airport Road West, Belfast BT3 9ED

    The closing date for receipt of representations is Friday 6th September 2024

    Documents

    • DRAFT STATUTORY RULE - SINGLE USE VAPESAdobe PDF (229.84 KB)
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