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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
14-000 Toiletries 14-000-0010 Soaps, shower gels, bubble baths
Product description
Soaps, liquid soaps, shower gels, bubble baths and other bath products used for personal hygiene and personal care
Product in detail Not classified here
Hand soaps
Liquid soaps (including soap paste)
Bath salt
Shower gels, bubble baths
Other soaps
Shower gels
Bath soaks
14-000-0020 Hair care products 
18-000-0020 Health products, liquid 
15-000-0020 Soaps 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for soaps, shower gels and bubble baths in quantities of 12 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) such as accommodation establishments and healthcare facilities.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for soaps, shower gels and bubble baths in quantities exceeding 12 litres are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. In industrial settings, big bags, casks or IBCs are typically used.

Shipment packaging for soaps, shower gels and bubble baths of all kinds typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation and is subject to system participation.
Specials
The quantity of soaps, shower gels and bubble baths can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 14-000-0010 // Soaps, shower gels, bubble baths

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 > 12 l no
All types All types ≤ 12 l yes
Aluminium Cans, tubes ≤ 12 l yes
Glass Bottles ≤ 12 l yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings ≤ 12 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 12 l yes
Plastic Big bags, casks, IBCs, canisters > 12 l no
Plastic Cans, wrappings, bottles, cartridges, tubes ≤ 12 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 12 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 12 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 12 l yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 12 l no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 14-000-0010 // Soaps, shower gels, bubble baths

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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 > 12 l no
All types All types ≤ 12 l yes
Aluminium Aerosol cans 150 ml yes
Aluminium Aerosol cans 200 ml yes
Aluminium Tubes 20 ml yes
Glass Bottles 50 ml yes
Glass Bottles 100 ml yes
Glass Bottles 150 ml yes
Glass Bottles 200 ml yes
Glass Bottles 250 ml yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 15 g - 20 g yes
Other composite packaging Wrappings 100 g yes
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