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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-060 Agricultural products 02-060-0110 Plants, perennials
Product description
Perennial plants, i.e. herbaceous plants with – unlike trees or shrubs – no woody growth above the ground, and other plants
Product in detail Not classified here
Balcony plants
Indoor plants
Outdoor perennials
Bedding plants
02-060-0020 Fresh vegetables 
02-060-0120 Cuttings, seedlings 
02-060-0090 Trees, bushes 
02-060-0130 Cut flowers 
Explanation
Retail packaging for perennials and other plants of all kinds 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular garden centres, tree nurseries and other agricultural holdings 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').

Although retail packaging for perennials and other plants also accumulates as waste in quantities exceeding the volume criterion with garden centres, tree nurseries or other agricultural holdings to some extent, the lion’s share accumulates as waste with private households and comparable sources of waste generation within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG.

Shipment packaging for perennials and other plants 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
Use of the system participation requirement catalogue requires that the item in question be packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG in conjunction with appendix 1 VerpackG.
Flowerpots in which plants remain during their lifetime do not constitute packaging according to appendix 1 to section 3 (1) VerpackG and are not subject to system participation. Flowerpots intended only for the sale or transport of plants and in which the plants do not remain during their lifetime constitute packaging.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-060-0110 // Plants, perennials

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 Labels All types yes
All types Plant pots All types 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: 02-060-0110 // Plants, perennials

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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
Plastic Plant pots >Ø 37 cm yes
Retail packaging
Plastic Plant pots Ø 9 cm yes
Plastic Plant pots Ø 12 cm yes
Plastic Plant pots Ø 17 cm yes
Plastic Plant pots Ø 24 cm yes
Plastic Plant pots Ø 30 cm yes
Plastic Plant pots Ø 37 cm yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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