UK company offers users free vape pen for every 10 e-cigarettes they recycle under new scheme - how to apply

A UK vape company has launched a brand new scheme that is aimed at helping to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes and receive a free gifted vape pen in return in their bid to reduce waste.

Blo Bar said with incorrect disposal of vapes on the rise, the new scheme, called the Disposable Vape Recycling Scheme, offers participants a free disposable vape when they send in 10 used disposable vapes from any brand to be recycled.

According to the government figures, the surge in vape users was up 15.2% in 2022, compared with 2.2% in 2022 as the NHS is actively promoting e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative to smoking. There were an estimated 4.3 million adults using e-cigarettes in Great Britain in 2022.

However, according to the company, there is a lack of knowledge on how to dispose of vape pens, with a staggering 1.3 million of them being thrown directly into the bin and sent to landfills every week - enough to cover 22 football pitches in a year.

With the scheme, participants can send in 10 used disposable vape pens, using a free postage label provided by Blo Bar, who will then correctly recycle the items in a UN Approved Battery Drum. The full battery drum will subsequently be transported to a local recycling centre by London Waste Services, where the lithium inside can be repurposed.

A Blo Bar spokesperson said: “As a new brand entering the market, we are all too aware of the issues surrounding the disposal of vapes. Rather than adding to the problem, our goal is instead to find a solution that seeks to address it.