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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
15-000 Surface finishes 15-000-0180 Car care products
Product description
Care and cleaning products for cars (interior and exterior)
Product in detail Not classified here
Polish, chrome cleaner
Glass cleaners, with or without antifreeze
Other car care products
Polishes, paintwork repair products
Underseal, lock de-icers
Car wax
15-000-0185 Car wash soaps 
08-010-0140 Fillers, putties 
13-020-0110 Additives 
13-020-0090 Brake fluid, radiator antifreeze 
08-010-0010 Lacquers and varnishes 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for car care products in quantities of 7 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 taxi businesses. Comparable sources of waste generation also include automotive mechanics businesses, including motor vehicle workshops and car washes 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.
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for car care products in quantities of 7 litres or less may also accumulate as waste in the automotive industry or in large commercial enterprise settings. This includes in particular automotive mechanics businesses and car washes that exceed the volume criterion. this packaging is subject to system participation because the quantities used in these settings match those accumulating as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation, and the lion’s share accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation. Retail packaging and grouped packaging for car care products in quantities exceeding 7 litres typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings and are not subject to system participation. Shipment packaging for car care products 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.

The quantity of car care products can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0180 // Car care products

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 > 7 l no
All types All types ≤ 7 l yes
Aluminium Aerosol cans, cans, tubes ≤ 7 l yes
Glass Bottles ≤ 7 l yes
Other composite packaging Sacks ≤ 7 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, sacks, boxes, drums ≤ 7 l yes
Plastic Buckets, canisters, jugs ≤ 7 l yes
Plastic Cans, bottles, dispensers, tubes ≤ 7 l yes
Plastic Hangers, bags, sacks, boxes, drums ≤ 7 l yes
Steel sheet Casks ≤ 7 l yes
Tinplate Aerosol cans, cans, bottles ≤ 7 l yes
Tinplate Canisters, jugs ≤ 7 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 7 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 7 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 7 l yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 7 l no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0180 // Car care products

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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 > 7 l no
All types All types ≤ 7 l yes
Aluminium Aerosol cans 10 ml - 25 ml yes
Aluminium Aerosol cans 40 ml - 200 ml yes
Aluminium Tubes 75 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 100 g yes
Aluminium Tubes 200 g yes
Glass Bottles 100 ml - 200 ml yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 10 kg - 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs ≤ 7 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Drums 25 kg - 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, folding boxes ≤ 7 l yes
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