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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0020 Extinguishing agents
Product description
Substances and compounds used by fire brigades and stationary fire-extinguishing systems to suppress fires
Product in detail Not classified here
Extinguishing agents
16-000-0010 Fire extinguishers 
  Fire blankets (not included in the catalogue) 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for extinguishing agents in quantities of 65 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 authorities, administrations, fire departments and fire protection companies.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for extinguishing agents in quantities exceeding 65 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This applies, for example, to sacks and IBCs with quantities exceeding 65 kg, which primarily accumulate as waste with industrial enterprises or airports.

Shipment packaging for extinguishing agents 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0020 // Extinguishing agents

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
Plastic Canisters ≤ 65 kg yes
Plastic Casks ≤ 65 kg yes
Plastic Casks, IBCs > 65 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cardboard boxes ≤ 65 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0020 // Extinguishing agents

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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
Plastic Canisters 20 kg yes
Plastic Casks 65 kg yes
Plastic Casks 210 kg no
Plastic IBCs 1000 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cardboard boxes 2 x 129.5 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Cardboard boxes 259 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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