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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-020 Building materials and installations 08-020-0010 Play sand
Product description
Sand for sandboxes, such as those found in gardens, playgrounds and parks
Product in detail Not classified here
Sand for sandpits/sandboxes
08-020-0020 Other sand 
Explanation
Retail packaging for play sand in quantities of 28 kg or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates 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 educational institutions, especially kindergartens, nurseries and schools, as well as cultural and recreational facilities. Comparable sources of waste generation also include craft enterprises and agricultural holdings (gardening and landscaping enterprises) 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 play sand 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: 08-020-0010 // Play sand

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 no
All types All types ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Big bags, sacks > 28 kg no
Textiles Sacks > 28 kg no
Textiles Sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-020-0010 // Play sand

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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 > 28 kg no
All types All types ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags 1 kg - 10 kg yes
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 300 kg - 1200 kg no
Plastic Sacks 15 kg yes
Plastic Sacks 20 kg yes
Plastic Sacks 25 kg yes
Plastic Sacks > 28 kg no
Textiles Sacks 15 kg yes
Textiles Sacks 20 kg yes
Textiles Sacks 25 kg yes
Textiles Sacks > 28 kg no
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