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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-090 Coffee, tea, cocoa 02-090-0010 Coffee, instant coffee drinks
Product description
Roasted (ground) beans based on the fruit of the coffee plant
Product in detail Not classified here
Coffee beans, ground coffee, decaf coffee
Espresso beans, ground espresso coffee
Soluble coffee for further processing
Instant coffee, soluble coffee with or without additives
02-090-0030 Coffee, tea, cocoa, in pods or capsules 
02-090-0090 Coffee substitutes, other instant drinks 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for coffee and instant coffee drinks in quantities of 6 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, accommodation establishments, administrations and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing, banking and the insurance industry.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for coffee and instant coffee drinks in quantities exceeding 6 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings where the content is further processed, inter alia.

Shipment packaging for coffee and instant coffee drinks 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
According to appendix 1, no. 2 VerpackG, capsules for beverage preparation systems, coffee foil bags and coffee pods made of filter paper, which are disposed of together with the used coffee product, do not constitute packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG, whereas empty capsules for beverage preparation systems constitute packaging.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0010 // Coffee, instant coffee drinks

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 ≤ 6 kg yes
All types All types > 6 kg no
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 6 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans ≤ 6 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans > 6 kg no
Plastic Bags, big bags > 6 kg no
Plastic Bags, cans, bottles ≤ 6 kg yes
Tinplate Cans > 6 kg no
Tinplate Cans ≤ 6 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
All types Boxes, multi-piece packaging > 6 kg no
All types Boxes, multi-piece packaging ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 6 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 6 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0010 // Coffee, instant coffee drinks

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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 > 6 kg no
Glass Preserving jars 50 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 100 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 200 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 18 g - 125 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 200 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1000 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 7.5 kg no
Other composite packaging Composite cans 200 g yes
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