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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-030 Frozen food 02-030-0040 frozen vegetables
Product description
Frozen vegetables of all kinds and frozen herbs
Product in detail Not classified here
Frozen prepared vegetables
Frozen legumes and pulses
Frozen creamed spinach
Frozen raw vegetables
Frozen mixed vegetables
Other frozen vegetables
Frozen herbs
Frozen kohlrabies, turnip cabbage
02-060-0020 Fresh vegetables 
02-020-0030 vegetable preserves 
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for frozen vegetables in quantities of 12 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, commercial kitchens and canteens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include caterers 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 frozen vegetables in quantities exceeding 12 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. Industrial consumers usually process fresh or refrigerated goods.

Shipment packaging for frozen vegetables 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-030-0040 // frozen vegetables

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 ≤ 12 kg yes
All types All types > 12 kg no
Other composite packaging Folding boxes > 12 kg no
Other composite packaging Folding boxes ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 12 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic Bags, sacks > 12 kg no
Plastic Bags, sacks ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic, paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes with inner bag ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic, paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes with inner bag > 12 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 12 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-030-0040 // frozen vegetables

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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 ≤ 12 kg yes
All types All types > 12 kg no
Other composite packaging Boxes 25 g yes
Other composite packaging Boxes 30 g yes
Other composite packaging Boxes 45 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 50 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 75 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 300 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 450 g yes
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