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• Updated: 23 January 2026

Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.

• Updated: 28 July 2025

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.

• Your responsibilities

  You have certain responsibilities if you sell electrical and electronic…

• Take back waste in store

  You must offer to take back waste of the same type as the item your…

• Set up an alternative take back service

  You can set up a ‘designated collection facility’ (DCF) where your…

• Use the Distributor Take Back Scheme

  You can use the Distributor Take Back Scheme (DTS) instead of providing a…

• If you do not comply

  If you fail to comply with the waste electrical and electronic equipment…

Check if an online retailer that sells pet medicines is on the Veterinary Medicines Directorate’s accredited internet retailer scheme (AIRS)

Find details of the Code Compliance Officers for the regulated Retailers and details of Retailer supplier helplines.

• Updated: 19 January 2026

Actions to be taken by wholesalers and retailers in order to supply medicines to Northern Ireland.

• Updated: 19 June 2025

Find out when goods can be zero-rated if they’re sold to overseas visitors for personal use by a VAT-registered business in Northern Ireland (VAT Notice 704).

• Updated: 20 August 2021

Understand what drinks businesses need to do under the Deposit Return Scheme from 1 October 2027.

• Updated: 30 January 2025

Find out if you must offer free collection of old batteries - batteries you must take back, how to collect and send batteries to be recycled, penalties

Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.