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The Business of Recycling – WRAP
Guidance for
Retail and Wholesale
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Why your Retail or Wholesale organisation needs to recycle

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New regulations will soon require your organisation to separate from your general waste, and in this guide we’ll explain what to do to prepare before the 31 March 2025 deadline for businesses with 10 or more full time equivalent employees or the 31 March 2027 deadline for all businesses. 

Before we get into the details, let’s take a quick look at the background and how recycling can help your organisation. 

Good to know

‘Waste’ means any substance or object to be discarded. This includes household materials for disposal (rubbish, in other words!) and recycling. New regulations mean that similar materials produced by businesses and other organisations now need to be separated for recycling. If you use part of your home to run your business, any waste from that part of it also counts as business waste.

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  • The Waste Hierarchy in Retail and Wholesale organisations

    Preventing waste in the first place is always the best option.

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  • The benefits of reducing food waste for Retail and Wholesale organisations

    Reducing food waste can decrease general waste and save your organisation money.

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  • The benefits of recycling for Retail and Wholesale organisations

    Recycling provides many benefits to businesses and organisations read on to learn more about them.

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  • How Retail and Wholesale organisations can comply with the new business recycling legislation

    Having looked at the business case for recycling, it’s time to delve into the details of what the new legislation means for your organisation.

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  • Checklist: what your Retail or Wholesale organisation needs to do to comply

    What your organisation needs to do to comply:

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