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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-120 Other foods 02-120-0080 Vinegar
Product description
Vinegar and vinegar essence
Product in detail Not classified here
Other vinegar
Vinegar essence, distilled vinegar
Balsamic vinegar
Table vinegar for seasoning
Table vinegar
Table vinegar for preserving
02-120-0090 Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise 
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for vinegar in quantities of 28 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.

Shipment packaging for vinegar 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: 02-120-0080 // Vinegar

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 > 28 l no
All types All types ≤ 28 l yes
All types Casks, IBCs ≤ 28 l yes
All types Casks, IBCs > 28 l no
Glass Bottles ≤ 28 l yes
Glass Bottles > 28 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes > 28 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes ≤ 28 l yes
Plastic Bottles, canisters ≤ 28 l yes
Plastic Casks, IBCs > 28 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 28 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 28 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 28 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 28 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-120-0080 // Vinegar

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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 ≤ 28 l yes
All types All types > 28 l no
Glass Bottles 250 ml yes
Glass Bottles 500 ml yes
Glass Bottles 750 ml yes
Glass Bottles 1 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard, plastic Bag-in-boxes 15 l yes
Plastic Bottles 500 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 750 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l yes
Plastic Canisters 2 l yes
Plastic Canisters 5 l yes
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