This guide is for the person responsible for managing waste at your workplace or site. If you’re a large organisation with multiple sites, such as a retail chain, you may have a dedicated Waste Manager. For smaller retail and wholesale organisations, this may be the responsibility of the business owner or manager.
This guide only deals with non-hazardous municipal waste – the sorts of waste materials also produced in the home. We won’t be covering how to manage hazardous or other specialist waste your business may produce.
Good to know:
There’s plenty of information and guidance out there for the retail and wholesale sector to help you manage your waste;
- Material Focus has information on electricals recycling. - WRAP has produced guidance on retailer guidance take back. - The Ellen Macarthur Foundation has more information on the circular economy - Green Street has produced a Planet Friendly Guide that details 30 practical actions you can take to reduce your environmental impact - WRAP’s Guardians of Grub website has guidance, tools and resources to support food businesses to save money by reducing food waste - WRAP’s quick-start Action List helps businesses reduce food waste
More guidance for the retail and wholesale sector
- Why your Retail or Wholesale organisation needs to recycle
- Planning your Retail or Wholesale organisations recycling needs
- Calculating the collection cost of your Retail or Wholesale waste
- Setting up recycling for your Retail or Wholesale organisation
- Monitoring recycling services in Retail and Wholesale organisations