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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-060 Agricultural products 02-060-0030 Ware potatoes
Product description
Unprepared potatoes
Product in detail Not classified here
Peeled and sliced fresh potatoes
Ware potatoes
02-110-0320 Potato products, dried 
02-060-0020 Fresh vegetables 
02-030-0060 Frozen potato foodstuffs 
02-020-0040 Preserved potatoes, shelf-stable ready-to-eat potato products 
Explanation
Trays, produce trays, crates and boxes made of PPC as well as nets and sacks made of natural materials for ware potatoes in quantities of 4.5 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 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'). Trays, produce trays, crates and boxes made of PPC as well as nets and sacks made of natural materials for ware potatoes in quantities exceeding 4.5 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste with the food industry (also in retail settings). Retail packaging other than those mentioned above for ware potatoes in quantities of 28 kg or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG). Retail packaging and grouped packaging for ware potatoes in quantities exceeding 28 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. Examples include big bags or sacks of quantities exceeding 28 kg that are shipped to industrial processors. Shipment packaging for ware potatoes 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: 02-060-0030 // Ware potatoes

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
Natural materials Nets, sacks > 4.5 kg no
Natural materials Nets, sacks ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays, produce trays ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays, produce trays > 4.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Large containers, sacks > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, big bags, nets, sacks > 28 kg no
Plastic Bags, big bags, nets, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-060-0030 // Ware potatoes

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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
Natural materials Nets 1 kg - 1.5 kg yes
Natural materials Nets 2.5 kg yes
Natural materials Sacks 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 1 kg - 1.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 2.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, produce trays 20 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, produce trays 25 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays, produce trays ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, trays, produce trays > 4.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 10 kg yes
Plastic Bags 1 kg yes
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