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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0100 Other commercial chemicals
Product description
Other chemicals for commercial use
Product in detail Not classified here
Raw toner
Photography chemicals
Electroplating chemicals
31-000-0150 Toner cartridges, ink cartridges, toner ribbons, correction tapes 
16-000-0080 Fine chemicals, lab chemicals 
16-000-0070 Antifreeze 
16-000-0060 Ink colours, printing aids 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for other commercial chemicals in quantities of 17 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 photographers and other service enterprises and educational institutions.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for other commercial chemicals in quantities exceeding 17 litres are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This includes, for example, electroplaters and the electronics industry.

Shipment packaging for other commercial chemicals 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 other commercial chemicals can be given in litres or kilogrammes. Specifications in litres equal kilogrammes, and vice versa.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0100 // Other commercial 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 > 17 l no
All types All types ≤ 17 l yes
Metal Aerosol cans ≤ 17 l yes
Metal Casks, jugs > 17 l no
Other composite packaging Bags ≤ 17 l yes
Plastic Bottles, canisters ≤ 17 l yes
Plastic Casks, IBCs, canisters, sacks > 17 l no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 17 l yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 17 l no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging ≤ 17 l yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging > 17 l no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0100 // Other commercial 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
All types All types > 17 l no
All types All types ≤ 17 l yes
Metal Aerosol cans 400 ml yes
Metal Casks 6 l yes
Metal Casks 30 l no
Metal Casks 60 l no
Metal Casks 220 l no
Metal Funnel cans 25 l no
Other composite packaging Bags 500 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 100 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 250 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 500 ml yes
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