skip to main content

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
13-020 Motor vehicles 13-020-0110 Additives
Product description
Additives for fuels and lubricants
Product in detail Not classified here
Additives for commercial vehicles
Other additives for fuels and lubricants
Additives for lubricants
Additives for fuels
Additives for motor vehicles
Additives for planes
16-000-0161 Plastic additives 
13-020-0090 Brake fluid, radiator antifreeze 
13-020-0280 Automotive-grade urea 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for additives in quantities of 1.5 litres 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).

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for additives in quantities exceeding 1.5 litres are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This includes in particular the aviation industry (e.g. airports) and 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 additives 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 13-020-0110 // Additives

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 ≤ 1.5 l yes
All types All types > 1.5 l no
Metal Cans, bottles ≤ 1.5 l yes
Metal Cans, casks, bottles, canisters > 1.5 l no
Plastic Cans, bottles ≤ 1.5 l yes
Plastic Cans, casks, bottles, IBCs, canisters > 1.5 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 1.5 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 1.5 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 1.5 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings ≤ 1.5 l yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings > 1.5 l no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 13-020-0110 // Additives

Searchfilter:
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 ≤ 1.5 l yes
All types All types > 1.5 l no
Plastic Cans, bottles 200 ml - 1 l yes
Tinplate Cans, bottles 200 ml - 1 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 1.5 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 1.5 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 6 x 150 ml yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 900 ml yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings > 1.5 l no
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings ≤ 1.5 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
Product search Definition sheet with explanations Brief system participation requirement overview