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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-080 Baked goods, semi-finished products 02-080-0010 Flour
Product description
Powder, bruised grain, made of grinding grains
Product in detail Not classified here
Flour
Bruised grain
Superfine flour
02-110-0020 Meal and semolina 
02-080-0020 Ready-made baking mixes, baking mixes 
06-000-0010 foodstuffs for farm animals 
02-080-0290 Breadcrumbs 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for flour in quantities of 18 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 include in particular 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').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for flour in quantities exceeding 18 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. This applies, for example, to sacks and IBCs with quantities exceeding 18 kg, which primarily accumulate as waste with artisanal bakeries that exceed the volume criterion. Artisanal bakeries, as well as chain and wholesale bakeries, obtain the lion's share of their flour in bulk from silos. Bulk goods from silos account for more than 75%.

Shipment packaging for flour 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: 02-080-0010 // Flour

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 > 18 kg no
All types All types ≤ 18 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, sacks, boxes ≤ 18 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 18 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, sacks, boxes ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 18 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) > 18 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 18 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 18 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings ≤ 18 kg yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings > 18 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-080-0010 // Flour

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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 > 18 kg no
All types All types ≤ 18 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2.5 kg - 3 kg yes
Other composite packaging Boxes 200 g - 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 5 kg - 7.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 7.5 kg - 10 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 12.5 kg - 17.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 20 kg - 25 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 40 kg - 50 kg no
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