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Subject: Disposal of illegal vapes

Reference: WBC-FOI-00716

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information.

Please could you provide me with:

- The total number or weight of illegal disposable vapes seized by the council over the past three years, broken down by year.

- Details of the policy outlining how the council must dispose of the disposable vapes it seizes, and the company and method by which it destroys them.

- The total number or weight of illegal disposable vapes sent to be securely destroyed over the past three years, broken down by year.

- The total cost to the council of securely destroying the illegal disposable vapes it has seized over the past three years, broken down by year.

Please provide the information in the form of an Excel spreadsheet.

Response

Part Disclosed - 8 March 2023

Please could you provide me with:

-The total number or weight of illegal disposable vapes seized by the council over the past three years, broken down by year.

We do not hold this information.

-Details of the policy outlining how the council must dispose of the disposable vapes it seizes, and the company and method by which it destroys them.

There is no specific policy currently but disposal is undertaken using a range of commercial secure destruction providers who operate in accordance with the legislative requirements applicable to the disposal of such waste materials depending upon the circumstances and amounts .

-The total number or weight of illegal disposable vapes sent to be securely destroyed over the past three years, broken down by year.

We do not hold this information.

-The total cost to the council of securely destroying the illegal disposable vapes it has seized over the past three years, broken down by year.

There is no current cost except officer time and use of vehicles which has not been recorded separately.

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.