{"id":35097,"date":"2026-05-08T23:17:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/germany-plans-to-ban-single-use-e-cigarettes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:17:08","slug":"germany-plans-to-ban-single-use-e-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/germany-plans-to-ban-single-use-e-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany plans to ban single-use e-cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Carsten-Schneider-e1778273488323.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Germany is drafting legislation to ban single-use e-cigarettes, German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider announced, citing an increase in fires at waste processing plants caused by these devices, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider said the federal government intends to introduce a bill to parliament in the coming months that would effectively end the sale of single-use e-cigarettes across the board. country.<\/p>\n<p>These devices are often thrown into household garbage or recycling bags, rather than being treated as hazardous e-waste.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider told reporters that lithium-ion batteries housed inside plastic casings can catch fire when crushed or punctured by sorting machines.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that this poses a significant physical risk to cleanup and plant workers during the process. waste separation.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, beyond immediate safety concerns, single-use e-cigarettes are inconsistent with the country&#8217;s wider environmental and recycling goals.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany is drafting legislation to ban single-use e-cigarettes, German Environment Minister Carsten Schneider announced, citing an increase in fires at waste processing plants caused by these devices, reports Anadolu. Schneider said the federal government intends to introduce a bill to parliament in the coming months that would effectively end the sale of single-use e-cigarettes across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-35097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"views":53,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35099,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35097\/revisions\/35099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}