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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-110 Dry goods 02-110-0220 Instant meals, instant soups
Product description
Dry mixtures for preparing ready-to-eat meals that do not require adding any other ingredients (except liquids such as water or milk)
Product in detail Not classified here
Instant noodles
Instant rice meals
Instant meals with meat
Instant soups
02-110-0260 Broth products 
02-110-0240 Recipe mixes, sauce mixes 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for instant meals and instant soups in quantities of 14 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.

Shipment packaging for instant meals and instant soups 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: 02-110-0220 // Instant meals, instant soups

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 ≤ 14 kg yes
All types All types > 14 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans ≤ 14 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cups, bags, folding boxes ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Buckets ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Buckets > 14 kg no
Plastic Cups, bags, trays ≤ 14 kg yes
Tinplate Buckets ≤ 14 kg yes
Tinplate Buckets > 14 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 14 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 14 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 14 kg no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 14 kg yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-110-0220 // Instant meals, instant soups

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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 > 14 kg no
All types All types ≤ 14 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 70 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 50 g - 110 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 125 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 160 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 165 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2 kg - 3 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 3.5 kg - 5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 620 g - 1 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 70 g yes
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