196501-319652 FOI Trading Standards

Short Description
Illegal Vape Devices
Reference number
FOI196501-319652
Date
08/02/2023
Request

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.

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