In the United States, disposable vapes are being used and discarded improperly, too. Authorities in several states have ...

The batteries are at risk of being crushed by lorries, causing them to explode dangerously in bins or at waste sites. This ...

Leading waste firm Biffa reveals it has found 840,000 discarded vapes in the space of just four months - as well as the ...

Hundreds of thousands of so-called “zombie batteries” from disposable vapes are continuing to plague the UK’s waste system.

Its not the only case of exploding vapes; it's one of many, including one that killed a 24-year-old man in Texas last January. The blast happened while he was holding it in his hand, but shrapnel from ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida -- Authorities in Florida are investigating the death of a man after they believe an exploding vape pen caused a deadly house fire. Tallmadge Wakeman D'elia, 38, was killed in ...

An Alabama woman was driving home with her vape in her lap when the device exploded, turning her car into a “fireball” A mom of two was left with significant burns after her vape exploded while ...

E‑cigarettes were initially marketed as a sleek way to help people quit traditional cigarettes — but that sentiment has largely gone up in smoke. Research indicates that most adult smokers who try ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth man has died after a vape pen exploded in his face and severed a major artery, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office. William Brown, 24, died after ...

Charles Rutland, manager of The Glass House TX Wycliff Ave location, smokes a Geek Bar disposable e-cigarette, July 3, 2025. The five location business in N. Texas counts vapes as about 1/3 of his ...

Three Glasgow bin lorries have caught fire over the last two weeks due to exploding "vape batteries". On September 14, a driver was forced to dump a load of rubbish in the middle of West Princes ...