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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0050 Potato crisps, tortilla chips
Product description
Snacks made of deep-fried or baked potatoes or corn; carved into thin slices, strips, sticks, etc.
Product in detail Not classified here
Corn crisps
Potato crisps
02-040-0040 Savoury snacks, pretzel products 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for potato crisps and tortilla chips in quantities of 14 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 cinemas, theatres and amusement parks, food and beverage businesses, canteens, authorities, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing, and in educational institutions.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for potato crisps and tortilla chips in quantities of 14 kg or less may also accumulate as waste in industrial or craft enterprise settings to some extent where packaging waste cannot be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion'). Typical examples are snacks for meetings or parties or Christmas presents and other gifts. The quantities used in these settings match those accumulating as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation. Overall, the lion’s share accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation.
Shipment packaging for potato crisps and tortilla chips 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: 02-040-0050 // Potato crisps, tortilla chips

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 > 14 kg no
All types All types ≤ 14 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, cylinder packaging with lid, composite cans ≤ 14 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, cylinder packaging with lid, composite cans ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Bags ≤ 14 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 14 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 14 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 14 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0050 // Potato crisps, tortilla chips

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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 > 14 kg no
All types All types ≤ 14 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Cans 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 56 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 120 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 170 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 200 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 150 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cans 40 - 100 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Composite cans 56 g yes
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