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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0120 Dressings, wound care
Product description
Material used to make medical bandages or material used for wound care, and first aid kits
Product in detail Not classified here
Surgical suture materials
Plasters, sticking plasters
Swabs
Cotton wool, medical dressings
Cotton wool, dressings with an active ingredient
First-aid kits
22-000-0030 Cotton buds, cotton pads 
22-000-0032 Cotton wool 
15-000-0320 Disinfectants 
18-000-0240 Medical devices, instruments 
18-000-0160 Clinical supplies, medical supplies 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for dressings and wound care of all kinds 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 clinics, hospitals, rescue services and medical practices.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0120 // Dressings, wound care

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 yes
Metal Rolls, reels All types yes
Other composite packaging Sheets All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, folding boxes, hinged lid boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags, boxes All types yes
Plastic Rolls, reels All types yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0120 // Dressings, wound care

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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 All types yes
Other composite packaging Other sheets 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 4 m x 10 cm yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 10 x 10 cm yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 20 x 20 cm yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 60 x 80 cm yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags 500 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes 300 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes (dispensers) 300 g yes
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