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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
05-000 Pets 05-000-0120 Cat litter
Product description
All kinds of cat litter
Product in detail Not classified here
Organic cat litter
Other cat litter
Mineral litters/bedding
Silica gel litter
05-000-0140 Pet supplies 
06-000-0080 Litter, hay, straw 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cat litter in quantities of 28 kg/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 animal parks and zoos. Comparable sources of waste generation also include animal shelters and animal boarding facilities 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 cat litter 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 quantity of cat litter can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0120 // Cat litter

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

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 05-000-0120 // Cat litter

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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 4 kg - 5.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 4 l - 5.5 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags 8 l - 10.5 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags 8 kg - 10.5 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 20 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 20 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags 25 l yes
Other composite packaging Bags 25 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 3 l - 7 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 3 kg - 7 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 10 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 10 l yes
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