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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-120 Other foods 02-120-0070 Liquid sugar
Product description
Liquid sugar and other liquid sweeteners with sugar
Product in detail Not classified here
Liquid sugar
Other liquid sweeteners with sugar (e.g. based on honey, agave or date)
02-110-0300 sugar 
02-110-0400 Sweetener 
02-120-0100 spreads 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for liquid sugar in quantities of 9 litres 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 beekeepers, bakeries and other 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').

Shipment packaging for liquid sugar 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
The quantities of liquid sugar can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-120-0070 // Liquid sugar

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 ≤ 9 l yes
All types All types > 9 l no
Glass Bottles ≤ 9 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes > 9 l no
Plastic Bottles, canisters, tubes ≤ 9 l yes
Plastic Buckets, casks, IBCs, canisters > 9 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 9 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 9 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings ≤ 9 l yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings > 9 l no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-120-0070 // Liquid sugar

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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 > 9 l no
All types All types ≤ 9 l yes
Glass Bottles 250 ml - 500 ml yes
Glass Bottles 1 l yes
Glass Bottles 2 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes 10 kg - 20 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes 20 kg - 30 kg no
Plastic Bottles 250 ml - 500 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l yes
Plastic Bottles 2 l yes
Plastic Buckets 10 l no
Plastic Canisters 3 l yes
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