FOI request (FOIR-485186143)

Illegal vapes

Requested Wed 08 February 2023
Responded Mon 13 February 2023

Please could you provide me with:

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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

Hastings Borough Council holds no information in respect of this request.

This area is dealt with by East Sussex County Council Trading Standards, please visit their website for further information:

https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk