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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-060 Agricultural products 02-060-0050 Nuts
Product description
Generally whole nuts, shelled or unshelled, or ground (including those that are not botanical nuts)
Product in detail Not classified here
Brazil nuts, cashew nuts
Nut mixes
Trail mix
Peanuts
Hazelnuts
Nuts
Other nuts
Walnuts
02-040-0060 Processed nuts 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for nuts 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, 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').

Shipment packaging for nuts 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: 02-060-0050 // Nuts

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 Bags, cans, nets, boxes, sacks ≤ 4.5 kg yes
All types Bags, nets, sacks, boxes > 4.5 kg no
Other composite packaging Composite cans ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans > 4.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes, sacks ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes, sacks > 4.5 kg no
Plastic Flat bags, nets > 4.5 kg no
Plastic Flat bags, nets ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 4.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 4.5 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 4.5 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-060-0050 // Nuts

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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 ≤ 4.5 kg yes
All types All types > 4.5 kg no
Other composite packaging Composite cans 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 1 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 12.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 12.5 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks 25 kg no
Plastic Flat bags 100 g yes
Plastic Flat bags 125 g yes
Plastic Flat bags 150 g yes
Plastic Flat bags 200 g yes
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