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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-120 Other foods 02-120-0120 Eggs
Product description
Eggs of all kinds for human consumption
Product in detail Not classified here
Eggs, raw
Eggs, hard boiled
Eggs, prepared
02-120-0130 Liquid eggs 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for eggs in quantities of 160 items or fewer are subject to system participation (with the exception of plastic bags) 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 also include 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'). Plastic bags as retail packaging for eggs in quantities of 30 items or fewer is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates 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.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for eggs in quantities exceeding 160 items (with the exception of plastic bags) and plastic bags as retail packaging for eggs in quantities exceeding 30 items are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings.
Shipment packaging for eggs 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: 02-120-0120 // Eggs

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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Egg pallets, egg boxes ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 160 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags > 30 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags ≤ 30 Item(s) yes
Plastic Buckets > 160 Item(s) no
Plastic Buckets ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hinged lid boxes > 160 Item(s) no
Plastic Hinged lid boxes ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 160 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 160 Item(s) no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-120-0120 // Eggs

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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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Egg pallets, egg boxes 15 Item(s) - 18 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Egg pallets, egg boxes 30 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Egg pallets, egg boxes 50 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Egg pallets, egg boxes ≤ 160 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 180 Item(s) - 360 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 4 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 6 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 12 Item(s) yes
Plastic Buckets 60 Item(s) yes
Plastic Buckets 150 Item(s) yes
Plastic Flat bags 3 Item(s) yes
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