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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
15-000 Surface finishes 15-000-0320 Disinfectants
Product description
Agents for disinfecting surfaces, tools, liquids, the skin surface, etc.
Product in detail Not classified here
Laundry cleansers, laundry sanitisers
Hand disinfectant, hand sanitiser
Surface disinfectants
Hygiene sprays
Other disinfectants
Chlorine tablets
16-000-0140 Other alcohols 
15-000-0190 Cleaning wipes 
16-000-0120 Ethanol 
15-000-0140 Household cleaning products, care products 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for disinfectants in quantities of 22 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 healthcare and sports and recreational facilities. Comparable sources of waste generation also include 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').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for disinfectants in quantities exceeding 22 litres are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial (e.g. the food or cosmetics industries) or in large commercial enterprise settings (e.g. commercial bakeries and other craft enterprises exceeding the volume criterion).
Shipment packaging for disinfectants 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 disinfectants can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0320 // Disinfectants

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 ≤ 22 l yes
All types All types > 22 l no
Aluminium Aerosol cans ≤ 22 l yes
Glass Bottles ≤ 22 l yes
Plastic Buckets, bottles, canisters, ≤ 22 l yes
Plastic Buckets, casks, IBCs, canisters > 22 l no
Tinplate Aerosol cans ≤ 22 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 22 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 22 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 22 l no
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 22 l yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 15-000-0320 // Disinfectants

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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 ≤ 22 l yes
All types All types > 22 l no
Aluminium Aerosol cans 200 ml - 500 ml yes
Glass Bottles 250 ml - 1 l yes
Plastic Bottles 250 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 750 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l yes
Plastic Bottles 1 kg yes
Plastic Bottles, canisters 2 l yes
Plastic Buckets 2 kg - 3 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 5 kg yes
Plastic Buckets 10 kg yes
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