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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
15-000 Surface finishes 15-000-0240 Regenerating salt, water softeners
Product description
Solid and liquid water softeners used for water treatment
Product in detail Not classified here
Regenerating salt for water purification systems
Water softeners for domestic or commercial use
Regenerating salt for household or commercial dishwashers
15-000-0110 Washing-up liquids, dishwasher detergents 
17-000-0010 Commercial salt, industrial salt 
15-000-0260 Industrial cleaners 
Explanation
Retail packaging for regenerating salt and water softeners in quantities of 29 kg or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates 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 food and beverage businesses, accommodation establishments as well as sports and recreational facilities (e.g. swimming pools). Comparable sources of waste generation also include laundries and craft enterprises (e.g. installers, pool maintenance companies) 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 regenerating salt and water softeners in quantities exceeding 29 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings (e.g. commercial laundries).
Shipment packaging for regenerating salt and water softeners 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 regenerating salt and water softeners can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0240 // Regenerating salt, water softeners

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 > 29 kg no
All types All types ≤ 29 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks ≤ 29 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 29 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, sacks, boxes, drums ≤ 29 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks, boxes, drums > 29 kg no
Plastic Bags, big bags, sacks > 29 kg no
Plastic Bags, sacks ≤ 29 kg yes
Plastic Buckets, casks, hobbocks, IBCs, canisters > 29 kg no
Plastic Cans, buckets, bottles, hobbocks, canisters ≤ 29 kg yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0240 // Regenerating salt, water softeners

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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 ≤ 29 kg yes
All types All types > 29 kg no
Other composite packaging Sacks 15 kg - 20 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 25 kg - 29 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks 30 kg - 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Drums 10 kg - 20 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Drums 25 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Drums 50 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 300 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 500 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 900 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 kg yes
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