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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
13-020 Motor vehicles 13-020-0280 Automotive-grade urea
Product description
Solution injected into the exhaust of diesel engines to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions (also known as AdBlue)
Product in detail Not classified here
Urea for urea tanks in cars
13-020-0110 Additives 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for automotive-grade urea in quantities of 13 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 automotive-grade urea in quantities exceeding 13 litres are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste with automotive mechanics businesses 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 automotive-grade urea 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: 13-020-0280 // Automotive-grade urea

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 > 13 l no
All types All types ≤ 13 l yes
Plastic Bottles, canisters ≤ 13 l yes
Plastic Casks, bottles, IBCs, canisters > 13 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 13 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 13 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings > 13 l no
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings ≤ 13 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 13-020-0280 // Automotive-grade urea

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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 > 13 l no
All types All types ≤ 13 l yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l - 2 l yes
Plastic Canisters 5 l yes
Plastic Canisters 10 l yes
Plastic Casks 200 l no
Plastic Casks, canisters 20 l - 100 l no
Plastic IBCs 1000 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 13 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bottle carriers, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 13 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Bottle carriers, wrappings > 13 l no
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