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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-040 DIY & gardening 08-040-0040 Cordless power tools
Product description
Handheld battery-powered electric tools
Product in detail Not classified here
Cordless jigsaws, cordless sabre saws
Other cordless power tools
Cordless hand-held circular saws
Cordless drills
Cordless screwdrivers
Cordless impact drivers
Cordless hammer drills
Cordless drill drivers
08-040-0010 Drills 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for cordless power tools with a rated power output of 19 V or less, or with no listed power rating, 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular 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').
Although retail packaging and grouped packaging for cordless power tools with a rated power output of 19 V or less, or with no listed power rating, also accumulates as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings to some extent, this packaging is subject to system participation because, due to the products’ rated power output, it matches the packaging 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 cordless power tools with a rated power output exceeding 19 V typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation. Shipment packaging for cordless power tools 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
Use of the system participation requirement catalogue requires that the item in question be packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG in conjunction with appendix 1 VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-040-0040 // Cordless power tools

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 ≤ 19 Volt yes
All types All types > 19 Volt no
All types Edge protectors, cushioning materials ≤ 19 Volt yes
All types Edge protectors, cushioning materials > 19 Volt no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 19 Volt yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 19 Volt no
Plastic Wrappings, films, crates ≤ 19 Volt yes
Plastic Wrappings, films, crates > 19 Volt no
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: 08-040-0040 // Cordless power tools

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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 > 19 Volt no
All types All types ≤ 19 Volt yes
All types Edge protectors, cushioning materials > 19 Volt no
All types Edge protectors, cushioning materials ≤ 19 Volt yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 19 Volt no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 19 Volt yes
Plastic Crates, cases > 19 Volt no
Plastic Crates, cases ≤ 19 Volt yes
Plastic Wrappings, films ≤ 19 Volt yes
Plastic Wrappings, films > 19 Volt no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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