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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-090 Coffee, tea, cocoa 02-090-0090 Coffee substitutes, other instant drinks
Product description
Coffee substitutes or coffee substitute blends based e.g. on grains, or other (e.g. fruit-based) instant drinks
Product in detail Not classified here
Instant fruit drinks
Fruit brew
Malt coffee
Cereal coffee
Chicory coffee
Other instant drinks
02-090-0010 Coffee, instant coffee drinks 
02-090-0030 Coffee, tea, cocoa, in pods or capsules 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for coffee substitutes and other instant drinks in quantities of 12 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.

Shipment packaging for coffee substitutes and other instant 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0090 // Coffee substitutes, other instant 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 ≤ 12 kg yes
All types All types > 12 kg no
All types Bags, cans, jars, boxes ≤ 12 kg yes
Glass Preserving jars ≤ 12 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, cans ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 12 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 12 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 12 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-090-0090 // Coffee substitutes, other instant 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 ≤ 12 kg yes
All types All types > 12 kg no
Glass Preserving jars 100 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 150 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 200 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 400 g yes
Glass Preserving jars 765 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 100 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 50 g yes
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