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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
08-040 DIY & gardening 08-040-0640 Occupational safety equipment
Product description
Items to protect against occupational health and safety hazards
Product in detail Not classified here
Earplugs
Protective goggles
Respiratory protective devices, rigid respiratory masks
Hearing protection
21-000-0010 Shoes 
21-000-0070 Clothing 
28-030-0106 Headphones 
18-000-0160 Clinical supplies, medical supplies 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for occupational safety equipment in quantities of 3 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) such as administrations and authorities (e.g. waste management enterprises, transportation services). Comparable sources of waste generation also include agricultural holdings and 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').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for occupational safety equipment in quantities exceeding 3 items typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation.

Shipment packaging for occupational safety equipment 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
Medical respiratory masks, medical face masks or other flexible respiratory masks (e.g. FFP2 masks) worn in places like medical practices, hospitals, in geriatric care or worn day-to-day as protection against viruses are grouped under product sheet 18-000-0160 Clinical supplies, medical supplies, even if these masks are used for occupational safety purposes.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-040-0640 // Occupational safety equipment

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 > 3 Item(s) no
All types All types ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, dispensers ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, dispensers > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, other boxes ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs, dispensers > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Blister packs, dispensers ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, wrappings, films, boxes ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, wrappings, films, boxes > 3 Item(s) no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 08-040-0640 // Occupational safety equipment

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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 ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, dispensers > 3 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs, dispensers ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Dispensers, folding boxes, other boxes ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Dispensers, folding boxes, other boxes > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Blister packs, dispensers > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Blister packs, dispensers ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, boxes ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Hangers, boxes > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Wrappings, films > 3 Item(s) no
Plastic Wrappings, films ≤ 3 Item(s) yes
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