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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
18-000 Health 18-000-0140 Diagnostics
Product description
Medical tests that indicate markers of a disease and tools used in medical examinations
Product in detail Not classified here
Other diagnostics
Radiocontrast agents
Ultrasound contrast agents
18-000-0145 Medical tests, rapid tests 
18-000-0240 Medical devices, instruments 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for diagnostics 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 and medical practices.
Specials
Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging are irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for diagnostics. Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for diagnostics is suitable for residential collection and recovery.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0140 // Diagnostics

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
Glass Bottles All types yes
Plastic Bottles 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: 18-000-0140 // Diagnostics

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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
Glass Bottles 5 ml - 20 ml yes
Glass Bottles 50 ml - 200 ml yes
Glass Bottles 250 ml yes
Glass Bottles 500 ml - 1 l yes
Plastic Bottles 2 ml - 20 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 100 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 250 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 250 ml - 400 ml yes
Plastic Bottles 1 l yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard 2 x 800 ml yes
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