Disposable vapes will be banned from this year's Electric Picnic Festival "in order to protect the land that the festival site is on", organisers have said.
Single-use vapes have been added to the event's list of prohibited items, with the group saying they are "very difficult to recycle and hazardous if not placed in the correct waste stream".
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attended the three-day festival which will take place from 1-3 September in Stradbally, Co Laois.
Headliners such as Billie Eilish, Fred again, The Killers, Paulo Nutini, The Script, and Niall Horan are all on the line-up list along with hundreds of other acts.
The organisers said that refillable vapes will be allowed, but that disposable ones will not be permitted in the stage area or on the campsite.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, they asked people not to bring single-use vapes and added that they may be confiscated at the gates.
"Disposable vapes are made of a mixed compound of materials making them very difficult to recycle and hazardous if not placed in the correct waste stream.
"Electric Picnic has taken the decision to add single use disposable vapes to the list of prohibited items, in order to protect the land that the festival site is on."
Among other things banned from both the stage and campsite areas include disposable barbeques, glass items over 100ml, megaphones, and spray cans.
Last year over 70,000 people attended the festival, which had been cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions.
