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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-060 Agricultural products 02-060-0120 Cuttings, seedlings
Product description
The word seedling refers to a type of plant that can be further processed, potted or planted. Depending on origin, these plants are rooted cuttings or seedlings from sewing.
Product in detail Not classified here
Other cuttings and seedlings
Flowering plants
Salad plants, lettuce
Cabbage plants
02-060-0110 Plants, perennials 
02-060-0100 Bulbs 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cuttings and seedlings of all kinds 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). 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').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cuttings and seedlings may also accumulate as waste with garden centres, tree nurseries and other agricultural holdings, such as gardening and landscaping businesses, in quantities exceeding the volume criterion. 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 cuttings and seedlings 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
Flowerpots intended only for the sale or transport of plants and in which the plants do not remain during their lifetime are considered packaging subject to system participation pursuant to appendix 1 to section 3 (1) VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-060-0120 // Cuttings, seedlings

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
Other composite packaging Wrappings All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings, sleeves All types yes
Plastic Produce trays All types yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-060-0120 // Cuttings, seedlings

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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
Other composite packaging Wrappings 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 250 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Wrappings 100 g yes
Plastic Produce trays 24 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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