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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0080 Fine chemicals, lab chemicals
Product description
Fine chemicals are a trade category for pure chemical substances. They are used in laboratories for chemical syntheses/analyses, as food additives or as raw materials. Lab chemicals are technical chemicals used in laboratories.
Product in detail Not classified here
Laboratory chemicals
Fine chemicals
16-000-0100 Other commercial chemicals 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for fine and lab chemicals of all kinds are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This includes, for example, industrial and other large laboratories.
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: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

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 All types no
Glass Bottles All types no
Plastic Bottles All types no
Plastic Canisters All types no
Plastic Casks All types no
Plastic IBCs All types no
Tinplate Canisters All types no
Tinplate Casks All types no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types no

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

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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
Glass Bottles 50 ml - 250 ml no
Glass Bottles 250 ml - 1 l no
Plastic Bottles 50 ml - 500 ml no
Plastic Bottles 1 l - 2.5 l no
Plastic Canisters 10 l no
Plastic Canisters 20 l no
Plastic Canisters 25 l no
Plastic Casks 200 l no
Plastic IBCs 1000 l no
Tinplate Canisters 10 l no
Tinplate Canisters 20 l no
Tinplate Canisters 25 l no
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