HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR EMPTY E-CIGARETTE AND VAPE REFILLS

Recycling your e-cigarette and vape refills from SMOKO is now easier than ever!  This "how to" guide explains how easy it is to recycle your used and empty e-cig, vape and vape pod refills from SMOKO.

Help us prevent as much single use plastics and metals from ending up in landfill!

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RECYCLING E-CIGARETTE, VAPE AND VAPE POD REFILLS

Recycling your empty E-Cigarette, Vape and Vape Pod Refills has just got easier!

It just takes 4 simple steps to make a difference:

Step 1 - Order a SMOKO Collection Bag (FREE)

ORDER COLLECTION BAG

Step 2 - Save your empty SMOKO refills in your Collection Bag.

Step 3 - Order a SMOKO Refill Return Package (FREE) with your next order and we will send a pre-paid Return envelope.

ORDER REFILL RECYCLING RETURN PACKAGE

Step 4 - Seal you Collection Bag, Pop it into your Refill Return Package, book your collection with Royal Mail or Drop it off at your local Post Office.

Once we receive your empty refills, we will ensure your empties are recycled and do not end up in landfill.  Easy Peasy!

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STEP 1 - ORDER A SMOKO REFILL COLLECTION BAG

Click Here to add a SMOKO Collection Bag to your next order.  This is FREE and will be sent out with your regular order of SMOKO.

ORDER SMOKO REFILL COLLECTION BAG

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STEP 2 - SAVE YOUR EMPTY SMOKO REFILLS IN YOUR COLLECTION BAG

Collect your empty e-cigarette, vape and vape pod refills in your Collection Bag.  This may take a few months to fill up, but every refill you collect will not end up in landfill - making the world a better place!

Please do not put e-cigarette or vape batteries in the Collection Bag, as Royal Mail doesn't like to send too many of these at a time.  But if you take your used batteries to any major grocery store in the UK, you can put them in the Battery Recycling bins to make sure they are recycled as well!

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STEP 3 - ORDER A SMOKO REFILL RETURN PACKAGE

When your Refill Collection Bag is getting full up (about 1.5kg), simple order a SMOKO Refill Returns Package (FREE) when you are making your usual SMOKO order.

We will send you a pre-paid Refill Returns Package.  And you have 2 convenient choices Drop Off At Any Post Office or Pick Up From Home.

ORDER REFILL RETURN PACKAGE

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STEP 4 - PACK IT UP AND SEND IT TO SMOKO

Seal your Collection Bag, Pop it into your Refill Return Package, then Book your Collection with Royal Mail or Drop it off at your local Post Office.

Once we receive your empty e-cigarette and vape refills, we work with Reconomy - the UK's leading recycling company - to ensure everything gets recycled and keeps it out of landfill!

Good for you and good for the planet!

In this day and age, when all of the headlines are talking about global warming, reducing, reusing and recycling, we all need to make small changes to ensure the long term human health and try to minimize the impact on the environment.  As with anything that we use, we should be looking at the end of life of these products to ensure they are disposed of properly.

That is why we have introduced the SMOKO Refill Recycling Program.  Over the years we have tried to do our part to reduce our carbon footprint.  From 2019 to today, we have offset over 3x our total carbon footprint, making SMOKO one of the first Carbon Negative E-Cigarette Brands in the world!

But ensuring our empty and used e-cigarette, vape and vape pod refills and batteries did not end up in landfill was the last part of the loop we wanted to fix.

Unfortunately, there are no hard and fast rules on the recycling of vape products.  Because of the different types of plastic used in vape tanks, vape coils and e-liquid bottles, recycling vaping equipment was not straight forward.  Used vaping kits cannot just be put in your standard recycling bins.  

That is why we have partnered with Reconomy - one the UK's leading specialist recycling companies around, to ensure we work with our customers to keep as much of the empty e-cigarette refills out of landfill.

An e-cigarette, vape and vape pod have a number of components. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery, a cartomizer or refill and the nicotine-containing e-liquid. Obviously you will use the e-liquid while you vape, but the other 2 parts we would encourage that you look to properly recycle them.

There are a few components in your e-cigarette that we can now recycle.  

The E-Cigarette, Vape or VAPE Pod Refill - can be sent back to SMOKO where we will ensure they are recycled.

All packaging - any packaging that we use is fully recyclable in your normal Council recycling bins.  Plastic wrapping in the plastic recycle bins while the cardboard packaging should go in the Paper recycling bins.

Vape Batteries - all the rechargeable vape and e-cigarette batteries can be recycled by dropping them off at the Battery Recycling bins at any grocery store around the UK.  These bins are usually located close to the checkout tills.

We have tried to make recycling your E-Cigarette and Vape refills as easy as possible.  So we broke it down into 4 simple steps:

STEP 1 - Order a Collection Bag from SMOKO.  We will send this out to you with your current order.  It is FREE!

STEP 2 - Fill the Collection Bag with your empty cigalike, vape and vape pod refills until you have 1.5kg of empties.  This equates to:

E-Cigarette Refills = 300 empty refills

VAPE Refills = 150 empty refills

VAPE POD Refills = 500 empty refills

STEP 3 - Order a SMOKO Refill Recycling Package.  This is a pre-paid envelope that we will send out with your next order.  You can choose to either Drop It Off at your Local Post Office or Arrange to Collect From Home.

STEP 4 - Seal the Collection Bog, pop it into the Refill Recycling Package and send it back to SMOKO - either at the Post Office or Book a Home collection. 

We will then work with our recycling partner Reconomy to ensure your empty e-cigarette cartridges and vape pod refills are recycled and do not end up in landfill!

We would recommend you take your e-cigarette and vape battery to any major grocery store in the UK and deposit them into the Battery Recycling bins - these are generally located close to the checkout. As they are lithium-ion batteries, Royal Mail doesn't accept multiple batteries to be sent via the post. However, battery recycling is so important as it is very expensive to mine the various materials used in vape batteries.

Feel free to pop these into your Recycling Collection bag and send them back to SMOKO. We do aim to dispose of e cigarette and vape pens as best that we can. It's these little steps that we take, to keep cigarette butts off the streets by using a vaping kit in the first place, and then ensuring we recycle vape and e-cigarette refills as much as possible.

It may seem like such a small gesture, but if every person who vapes was to dispose of e cigarette refills in a way that ensure they are properly recycled, then we can all minimize the amount of single use plastics and metals from ending up in landfill. We would suggest that you use your vape refills to the very end to ensure there is little to no liquid residue left.

As part of our goal to be a carbon negative vape brand and to minimize our business' footprint on the environment, by creating a way for our customers to recycle their used e-cigs and e-cig equipment helps to keep unnecessary items form ending up in landfill.  We know it might seem like a small and insignificant step, but when you think about the 100's of 1,000's of vape and e cigarette refills we sell every year, it can all add up.

One of the great things about switching to vaping is we are already preventing millions of cigarette butts ending up on our streets, in our sewage systems and eventually filling the oceans. 

But by recycling your SMOKO electronic cigarette cartomizers and your vape pod refills, we are all doing our part to make the world a better place.

reviews
3 days ago
Valerie, London, UK

"I'm 71 and have been smoking 20 cigarettes a day since I was 14. I have now stopped for 8 months! SMOKO E-Cigs are brilliant!, You still get the nicotine hit without all the nasty stuff and I feel so much better."

1 week ago
Babs H

I couldn’t of managed given up the smokes without the help of these amazing E-Cigarettes l will always be thankful. Babs

6 days ago
Elaine M

I have smoked for over 30 years and have tried patches, Champix and various other methods without success. This really works, I used to smoke 40 cigs a day, now I smoke 5 a day at most, hoping to stop altogether in the next few weeks. Would highly recommend this product.

 

2 weeks ago
Tracey - Chesham, UK

"SMOKO E-Cigarettes has helped me to stop smoking after 45 years at 40 a day. Their customer service is excellent, delivery dependable and would recommend SMOKO to everyone."

customer for 4 years
Jeff, Stone, UK

"I never thought that after smoking 25 a day for over 50 years that I would ever stop using cigarettes, however I recently moved into a flat where they don’t stop you smoking, but in their words, “it would be nice f you tried to stop.” I made a concerted effort and after 2 or 3 different types I discovered SMOKO. I am really happy with the compact menthol and mint flavours and up to date I have been cigarette free for 30 days. I feel better in myself and mad that it had taken so long to get me off cigarettes. Thank you SMOKO and you have one satisfied customer!"

 

10 days ago
Wayne - Liverpool, UK

"I’ve been a smoker for 32 years and tried to give it up many times without success. After finding SMOKO Electronic Cigarettes, it really is the best alternative available!"

1 day ago
Eric B

"Excellent product . Has saved me a fortune.. also I like that the vape oil is made in the UK. So no need to worry if your getting the right gear."

 

2 weeks ago
Julie C

I have smoked for 40 years and started the e cig 3 weeks ago. I have not wanted a real cigarette since. I am enjoying using the e cig and hopefully will continue. I feel more clean and healthy. I bought 2 so I could charge one whilst using the other and this is working well. My husband has also done 3 weeks too. It is definitely going to save us aot of money. Thanks SMOKO.

 

3 weeks ago
Les S

I was suprised at the similarities between e-cigarettes and the real thing. An excellent product, highly rated.

 

1 month ago
Enver Y

Number one in the UK defo! helps since I got my hands on the e-cig kit I haven't had a cigarette it’s been over a month now I’m cigarette free!  With the way it’s going for me I don’t see my self going back to cigarettes 100%

 

4 days ago
Margaret D

Very impressed with this company. The staff on the phones are extremely polite and helpful and the deliveries arrive promptly

 

satisfied customer 4+ years
Shirley S

I have been using this company and their products for 8 or more years. Both are excellent and deserve 5 STARS.

 

2 weeks ago
Emily, Mayfield

I’ve been using the 10ml CBD oil and gummies now for 2 months and what a significant difference it’s made to my life. Since using this product I have come off all my prescription pain killers for my back pain. I’m sure anybody who suffers with chronic pain can relate to the relief when you’re pain free. I HIGHLY recommend this CBD Oil.

Secondly, the team at SMOKO go above and beyond to deliver exceptional service and really look after their customers. Thank you so much for your help, friendly faces, fantastic service and amazing products.

12 days ago
Tim, UK

After 57 years smoking i found SMOKO and haven't even felt like smoking a cigarette for the last two weeks now. If you want to kick the habit this certainly takes the pain out of it. Also a service provided by people that care 100%

10 days ago
Kevin H

Great peace of kit... E cig are good I find the vapes the best, great flavour and from 20 a day one pod lasts near a couple of days,, closest vape you will find to smoking... No notion of a cigarette after using these.... Have tried many vapes but these are best by far... 

 

15 days ago
Melanie C

Great product. I am just coming up to 8 years of quitting smoking. The SMOKO vape products are outstanding (I tried several other brands). I use a variety of mint breeze, original and rolling to tobacco. The customer services team are second to none and delivery is excellent. Great job SMOKO!!

 

10 days ago
Gary J

This e-cig has helped me so much

 

3 months ago
Donna D

Amazing product. It’s 12 months and I haven’t had a cigarette. I love this product.

 

3 days ago
Sheena, Altrincham, United Kingdom

I quit smoking cigarettes about 6 years ago and have never smoked since. One of the best things about SMOKO is their service, they are local to me, so I can collect if I need to, but their delivery service is exceptional and the rewards and weekly deals really worth it. If any problems, they are always at the end of a phone or email to sort. Great variety of flavours and strengths. Would highly recommend

11 days ago
Richard C

Excellent product with superb device. I could not have quit smoking without them!

 

21 days ago
Graham D

Excellent product would recommend to anyone who smokes and wants help to quit!

 

3 days ago
Avril, Milton Keynes, UK

These are brilliantly I have tried many types of vapes and always struggled with them being to harsh on my throat when in haling I find the e-cigarettes just right and because they are like the real thing have found it much easier to use I started with these three weeks ago and haven’t had a real one since I’m so happy they have truly helped me stop smoking would recommend to anyone who wants to stop and succeed. Love them and have told friends and family to give them a try.

satisfied customer of 4 years
Patricia N

I have been smoking smoko now for about eight years, these were such a blessing to me and actually my family, my sister in law suffered a heart attack, and my sister was diagnosed with c o p d which is a lack of oxygen, both were heavy smokers like me, now we are all on smoko, I didn't want to give up entirely and neither did they. I bought mine years ago and I managed to encourage them to do so also. We all feel so much better smoking them, unlike real cigarettes they only have a few ingredients which are not harmful like real cigs. Also delivery is fantastic, so you don't have long to wait if you accidentally run out. Keep up the great work smoko and don't change a thing.

 

9 days ago
George, Worthing, UK

I had smoked for 55 years and since I started with SMOKO, I have not touched a cigarette nor have i even had the urge to take a cigarette  This is from someone who enjoyed smoking but due to health reason had to stop, but I didn't have very much will-power but with SMOKO you don't even need will-power. Give it a go and see how easy these are .

12 days ago
Angela, Aberdeen, Scotland

I couldn't recommend SMOKO highly enough. Stopped smoking cigarettes on the first attempt almost 2 years ago thanks 100% to using E-cigs instead. I highly recommend SMOKO for not only their product range and product choice, but also their fantastic customer service and professionalism.