skip to main content

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
15-000 Surface finishes 15-000-0020 Soaps
Product description
Soaps used for cleaning purposes
Product in detail Not classified here
Industrial soaps
Soft soaps
Other surface soaps
Curd soap for domestic use
14-000-0010 Soaps, shower gels, bubble baths 
14-000-0080 Shaving products 
15-000-0260 Industrial cleaners 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for soaps 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular cleaning businesses 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').

Shipment packaging for soaps 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
The quantity of soaps can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0020 // Soaps

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
Other composite packaging Wrappings ≤ 12 l yes
Plastic Buckets, canisters > 12 l no
Plastic Casks, hobbocks, IBCs > 12 l no
Plastic Cups, buckets, bottles, canisters ≤ 12 l yes
Plastic Wrappings ≤ 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: 15-000-0020 // Soaps

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 ≤ 12 l yes
All types All types > 12 l no
Other composite packaging Wrappings 125 g yes
Plastic Bottles 500 ml - 1.5 l yes
Plastic Buckets 1 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 5 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 10 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 12.5 kg - 20 kg no
Plastic Canisters 5 l - 7.5 l yes
Plastic Canisters 10 l - 12 l yes
Plastic Canisters 12.5 l - 30 l no
Plastic Casks 50 l - 200 l no
  • 1
Product search Definition sheet with explanations Brief system participation requirement overview