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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-000 Dairy products 02-000-0050 Cheese, cream cheese
Product description
All kinds of cheese, including cream cheese
Product in detail Not classified here
Blue cheese, Camembert, Brie or other soft cheeses
Other cream cheeses
Hard cheese, semi-hard cheese
Sour milk cheese, cooked cheese
Cottage cheese
Processed cheese
Mozzarella
Feta and other brined cheese
02-000-0060 Quark, fruit quark, spiced quark 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cheese and cream cheese in quantities of 16 kg or less are subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG) such as food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include artisanal food production businesses whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cheese and cream cheese in quantities exceeding 16 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. One example is processed cheese delivered to industrial processors in 56 kg foil blocks.

Shipment packaging for cheese and cream cheese of all kinds typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation and, as such, is subject to system participation.
Specials
Wax casings around cheese are not considered packaging according to appendix 1 to section 3 (1) VerpackG.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)
Eimer aus Kunststoff für 10 kg Frischkäse

Datum der Veröffentlichung: 04.05.2022 | Antragsteller: Hochland Deutschland GmbH

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

Packaging material
Packaging material

Abbreviations:

PPC stands for paper, paperboard or cardboard.
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate (a type of plastic).
PE stands for polyethylene (a type of plastic).

Composite packaging is packaging made from at least two material types that cannot be separated by hand.

 		Shape/form
Shape/form

This section shows the typical packaging types for the product group under consideration.

IBC is the abbreviation for intermediate bulk container. An IBC is a large, cuboid container for liquid and free-flowing materials.

An octabin is an octagonal container used to transport and store bulk materials.

 		Delineation criterion
Delineation criterion

Criterion that relates to a specific product and determines whether the shipment, retail or grouped packaging in question is subject to system participation.

For food packaging, that delineation criterion often is quantity. For packaging filled with other products, the delineation criterion tends to be the number/volume or unit of the individual products contained in the packaging. Depending on the product, other criteria may be used within the scope of an overall market assessment to delineate or determine whether the system participation requirement applies to a packaging, such as the stress class in the case of laminate products.

 		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types All types > 16 kg no
All types All types ≤ 16 kg yes
Glass Bottles, jars ≤ 16 kg yes
Plastic Bags, buckets, wrappings ≤ 16 kg yes
Plastic Bags, buckets, wrappings > 16 kg no
Plastic Cups, pots ≤ 16 kg yes
Plastic Trays ≤ 800 g yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 16 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 16 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 16 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 16 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

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Packaging material
Packaging material

Abbreviations:

PPC stands for paper, paperboard or cardboard.
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate (a type of plastic).
PE stands for polyethylene (a type of plastic).

Composite packaging is packaging made from at least two material types that cannot be separated by hand.

 		Shape/form
Shape/form

This section shows the typical packaging types for the product group under consideration.

IBC is the abbreviation for intermediate bulk container. An IBC is a large, cuboid container for liquid and free-flowing materials.

An octabin is an octagonal container used to transport and store bulk materials.

 		Quantity/volume
exemplary listing 		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types All types ≤ 16 kg yes
All types All types > 16 kg no
Aluminium Cans, trays 50 g - 250 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 16 g - 25 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 50 g - 250 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 251 g - 1 kg yes
Aluminium Wrappings 850 g - 2000 g yes
Aluminium Wrappings 1.1 kg - 7 kg yes
Glass Bottles 100 g yes
Glass Jars 125 g yes
Glass Jars 200 g yes
Glass Jars 300 g yes
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