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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
05-000 Pets 05-000-0040 Dry dog food, dry cat food
Product description
Dry food for cats or dogs made of dried foodstuffs or animal feed materials
Product in detail Not classified here
Dry dog food
Dry cat food
05-000-0080 Food for other pets 
05-000-0060 Cat and dog snacks 
18-000-0080 Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid 
05-000-0010 Wet dog and cat food 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for dry dog and cat food in quantities of 28 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 customs authorities, the police, animal parks and zoos. Comparable sources of waste generation also include animal shelters 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 dry dog and cat food 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: 05-000-0040 // Dry dog food, dry cat food

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 kg yes
All types All types > 28 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, buckets ≤ 28 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 28 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0040 // Dry dog food, dry cat food

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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
Other composite packaging Bags 200 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 300 g - 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 300 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 600 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 1.2 kg yes
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