A checklist for retailers and online sellers on packaging extended producer responsibility, WEEE take-back for electricals, waste batteries, single-use carrier bag charges, single-use plastics bans, duty of care for business waste and green claims.
Retail & e-commerce
Packaging, WEEE, Batteries and Environmental Obligations Checklist
About this document
Environmental rules for retailers have grown quickly: packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR), electrical and battery take-back, plastic and carrier bag rules, and new scrutiny of green claims. Some apply only above turnover or tonnage thresholds; others apply to every shop. This checklist helps you work out which apply and what to do.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
A complete, ready-to-use document with every section written, your details shown in [square brackets], and guidance notes explaining how to complete it.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
Included in the pack
Retail & e-commerce
for every document in this category
Editable Microsoft Word files
Guidance notes in every document
Written for UK businesses
Download and keep
Need more than one category?
Documents All-Access gives you every category for 12 months for £295.
Compare options →Need it tailored?
We can adapt any template to your business, or write a document from scratch.
Talk to us →
