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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-040 DIY & gardening 08-040-0280 Headless pins, nails, staples
Product description
Typically, sharpened tools designed to fasten or connect construction elements or similar
Product in detail Not classified here
Headless pins
Treenails
Staples
Hook nails, horseshoe nails
Roofing felt nails
Other nails
Brass nails
31-000-0190 Paper clips, staples, drawing pins 
08-040-0260 Screws, screw nuts, washers 
08-040-0300 Wall plugs 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for headless pins, nails and staples in quantities of 300 items or fewer 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular building trade businesses and other craft 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').
Although retail packaging and grouped packaging for headless pins, nails and staples in quantities of 300 items or fewer may also accumulate in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings to some extent, this packaging is subject to system participation because 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, and 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 headless pins, nails and staples in quantities exceeding 300 items typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation. Industrial sources of waste generation include mechanical and plant engineering enterprises or the furniture industry. Shipment packaging for headless pins, nails and staples 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: 08-040-0280 // Headless pins, nails, staples

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 > 300 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes > 300 Item(s) no
Plastic Hangers, bags, blister packs, boxes ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, bags, blister packs, boxes > 300 Item(s) no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 300 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Crates, multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Plastic Crates, multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 300 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-040-0280 // Headless pins, nails, staples

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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 > 300 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs > 300 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes > 300 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags > 300 Item(s) no
Plastic Bags ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs > 300 Item(s) no
Plastic Hangers, boxes ≤ 300 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, boxes > 300 Item(s) no
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