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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-090 Coffee, tea, cocoa 02-090-0040 Tea, instant tea drinks
Product description
Products based on tea and/or tea-like products such as fruit and herbs to infuse, loose or in bags
Product in detail Not classified here
Instant tea preparations
Mate
Teas for babies or children
Soluble tea extracts to prepare beverages or food
Black and green tea
Fruit tea, herbal tea
02-090-0030 Coffee, tea, cocoa, in pods or capsules 
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for tea and instant tea drinks in quantities of 8 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 tea drinks and instant tea drinks in quantities exceeding 8 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 tea drinks and instant tea 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
Tea bags are not considered packaging according to appendix 1 to section 3 (1) VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0040 // Tea, instant tea 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 ≤ 8 kg yes
All types All types > 8 kg no
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 8 kg yes
Metal Canisters > 8 kg no
Metal Cans ≤ 8 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans ≤ 8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags ≤ 8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags > 8 kg no
Plastic Cans ≤ 8 kg yes
Plastic Cans, IBCs, canisters > 8 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
All types Boxes, multi-piece packaging ≤ 8 kg yes
All types Boxes, multi-piece packaging > 8 kg no
All types Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 8 kg no
All types Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 8 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0040 // Tea, instant tea 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 ≤ 8 kg yes
All types All types > 8 kg no
Glass Preserving jars 23 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 100 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 40 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 5 kg yes
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