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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-010 Construction chemicals 08-010-0120 Thinners, solvents
Product description
Thinners and solvents for construction chemical products
Product in detail Not classified here
Other solvents
Thinners and solvents for other chemical products
Thinners and solvents for other coating materials
Other thinners
Thinners and solvents for lacquer
08-010-0180 rust proofers, rust solvent 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for thinners and solvents in quantities of 6 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 building trade 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').
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for thinners and solvents in quantities of 6 litres or less may also accumulate in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings to some extent. This also includes building trade businesses that exceed the volume criterion. The quantities used in these settings match those accumulating as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation. Overall, the lion’s share accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation.
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for thinners and solvents in quantities exceeding 6 litres typically accumulate as waste in industry or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation.
Shipment packaging for thinners and solvents 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
Retail packaging for hazardous contents within the meaning of section 3 (7) in conjunction with appendix 2 VerpackG is exempt from system participation under section 12 (2) no. 3 VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-010-0120 // Thinners, solvents

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 > 6 l no
All types All types ≤ 6 l yes
Glass Bottles ≤ 6 l yes
Plastic Bottles, canisters ≤ 6 l yes
Plastic Casks, canisters, jugs > 6 l no
Steel sheet Casks, canisters > 6 l no
Tinplate Bottles, canisters, jugs ≤ 6 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 6 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 6 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 6 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 6 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-010-0120 // Thinners, solvents

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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 > 6 l no
All types All types ≤ 6 l yes
Glass Bottles 125 ml yes
Glass Bottles 200 ml yes
Glass Bottles 250 ml yes
Glass Bottles 500 ml yes
Glass Bottles 1 l yes
Plastic Bottles 200 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 500 ml yes
Plastic Canisters 5 l yes
Plastic Canisters 12 l no
Plastic Casks 50 l - 60 l no
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