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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
06-000 Crop protection and agricultural supplies 06-000-0080 Litter, hay, straw
Product description
Materials used in animal husbandry to cover the floor of stalls and cages and catch animal droppings, as well as hay as animal feed
Product in detail Not classified here
Litters made of wood chips, wood shavings, wood pellets or woods granules
Hay, grain straw
Litters/beddings, hay, straw for horses
Litters/beddings, hay, straw for livestock
Chopped flax beddings, chopped hemp beddings
Humus bricks, coconut litters
Other litters and beddings
Litters/beddings, hay, straw for pets
05-000-0080 Food for other pets 
05-000-0120 Cat litter 
06-000-0050 plant-cultivation soil, turf, bark for use in mulching 
06-000-0010 foodstuffs for farm animals 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for litter, hay and straw in quantities of 125 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 zoological gardens and the police. Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular livestock holdings, horse stables and other agricultural holdings 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 litter, hay and straw 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 decision as to whether packaging for litter, hay and straw is subject to system participation is based solely on the weight in kilograms, not however on the volume in litres.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 06-000-0080 // Litter, hay, straw

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 ≤ 125 kg yes
All types All types > 125 kg no
Natural materials Baling twines ≤ 125 kg yes
Natural materials Baling twines > 125 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, sacks ≤ 125 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, sacks ≤ 125 kg yes
Plastic Bags, films, nets, baling twines, sacks ≤ 125 kg yes
Plastic Big bags, big bales, films, nets, baling twines > 125 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 125 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 125 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 125 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 125 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 06-000-0080 // Litter, hay, straw

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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 ≤ 125 kg yes
All types All types > 125 kg no
Natural materials Baling twines ≤ 125 kg yes
Natural materials Baling twines > 125 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg - 3 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 3 kg - 8 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 8 kg - 15 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags 15 kg - 25 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 1 kg - 3 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 3 kg - 8 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 8 kg - 15 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 15 kg - 25 kg yes
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