E-waste recyclers are calling on the government to introduce deposits on disposable vapes to stop them ending up in household waste and causing fires. Vapes contain batteries which can ignite, posing ...

Leaving the small item behind may feel harmless, but this heat can turn it into the kind of mistake that could cause serious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Warning: This article contains graphic images of injuries sustained from exploding vapes.) Albany, New York resident Kenneth ...

Vape users have been warned not to throw their old devices away in bins, after new figures revealed exploding "zombie batteries" are still piling up in waste centres across the UK. When devices are ...

Shocking footage of a battery exploding shows the dangers of packing devices such as vapes, mobile phones and power banks ...

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