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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
15-000 Surface finishes 15-000-0070 Laundry detergent
Product description
Liquid or powder detergent used in a household setting, in commercial laundries or cleaning businesses, or in industrial enterprises, to wash laundry or textiles
Product in detail Not classified here
Laundry detergent, semi-solid
Laundry detergent, powder
Laundry detergent, tablets or sachets
Delicates detergents, gentle detergents
Laundry detergent, liquid
Other laundry detergents
Special detergents
Heavy-duty detergents, all-purpose detergents
15-000-0110 Washing-up liquids, dishwasher detergents 
15-000-0210 Fabric dye, fabric colour remover 
15-000-0080 Fabric softener 
15-000-0240 Regenerating salt, water softeners 
15-000-0260 Industrial cleaners 
15-000-0090 Laundry treatment products 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for laundry detergent in quantities of 12 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) such as accommodation establishments. Comparable sources of waste generation also include laundries and other cleaning businesses 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 laundry detergent in quantities exceeding 12 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 textile industry, as well as laundries and other cleaning businesses (e.g. commercial laundries, commercial cleaning businesses) that exceed the volume criterion.

Shipment packaging for laundry detergent 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 laundry detergent can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa. For laundry detergent pressed into tabs, the number of tabs must be converted to kg.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0070 // Laundry detergent

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 kg no
All types All types ≤ 12 kg yes
Other composite packaging Bags, folding boxes, sacks, drums > 12 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags, folding boxes, sacks, drums ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes, sacks, drums ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes, sacks, drums > 12 kg no
Plastic Bags, wrappings, sachets, sacks ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic Buckets, casks, IBCs, canisters, sacks > 12 kg no
Plastic Cans, buckets, bottles, canisters, tubes ≤ 12 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 12 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 12 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 12 kg yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 12 kg no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0070 // Laundry detergent

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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 kg yes
All types All types > 12 kg no
Other composite packaging Bags 1 kg - 2 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 300 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 360 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 400 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 450 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 600 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 700 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 900 g yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes 1 kg yes
Other composite packaging Folding boxes, carry packs 1.3 kg - 1.5 kg yes
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