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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
13-010 Lubricants, fuels 13-010-0041 Lubricants
Product description
Lubricating paste, including those containing mineral oils
Product in detail Not classified here
Other lubricants, semi-solid
Lubricating greases, semi-solid
13-020-0110 Additives 
13-020-0090 Brake fluid, radiator antifreeze 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for lubricants in quantities of 0.3 kg 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). Comparable sources of waste generation also include 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 lubricants in quantities exceeding 0.3 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. Large commercial sources of waste generation also include craft enterprises whose packaging waste cannot be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres.

Shipment packaging for lubricants 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.

The quantities of lubricants can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 13-010-0041 // Lubricants

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 > 0.3 kg no
All types All types ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Metal Cans, buckets, casks, hobbocks, cartridges > 0.3 kg no
Metal Cans, cartridges, tubes ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Plastic Buckets, casks, hobbocks, canisters > 0.3 kg no
Plastic Cans, cartridges, tubes ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Plastic Cans, cartridges, tubes > 0.3 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 0.3 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 0.3 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 13-010-0041 // Lubricants

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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 > 0.3 kg no
All types All types ≤ 0.3 kg yes
Aluminium Tubes 7 g - 300 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 350 g - 500 g no
Plastic Bottles, tubes 100 g yes
Plastic Bottles, tubes 500 g no
Plastic Buckets 5 kg no
Plastic Buckets 10 kg no
Plastic Buckets 15 kg no
Plastic Cans, bottles 250 g yes
Plastic Cans, bottles 500 g no
Plastic Cans, bottles 1 l no
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