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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
05-000 Pets 05-000-0080 Food for other pets
Product description
Wet and dry food for pets other than cats and dogs
Product in detail Not classified here
Pet bird food
Food for animals in terrariums
Fish food
Other rodent food
Food for other pets
Food for rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs
05-000-0100 Wild animal feed, winter bird food 
06-000-0010 foodstuffs for farm animals 
05-000-0010 Wet dog and cat food 
06-000-0080 Litter, hay, straw 
18-000-0080 Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for food for other pets in quantities of 22 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 animal parks, zoos and research facilities. 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 food for other pets 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
Pets are animals people keep in their home or garden. Unlike livestock, pets are not kept for commercial reasons.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0080 // Food for other pets

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 ≤ 22 kg yes
All types All types > 22 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, composite cans ≤ 22 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, boxes ≤ 22 kg yes
Plastic Bags, cans, buckets ≤ 22 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 22 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 22 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 22 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 22 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0080 // Food for other pets

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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
Glass Jars 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 120 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 2.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 50 g - 150 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 250 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 200 g - 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 500 g yes
Other composite packaging Composite cans 750 g yes
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