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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
22-000 Household goods 22-000-0030 Cotton buds, cotton pads
Product description
Cotton buds, cotton pads, cotton swabs and similar cotton items
Product in detail Not classified here
Cotton swabs
Cotton pads
Cotton buds
Cotton balls
22-000-0032 Cotton wool 
18-000-0120 Dressings, wound care 
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cotton buds and cotton pads in quantities of 500 items or fewer are subject to system participation because they typically accumulateas 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 accommodation establishments and healthcare facilities (e.g. hospitals, elderly care facilities).

Shipment packaging for cotton buds and cotton pads 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.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0030 // Cotton buds, cotton pads

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 ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, cans ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Plastic Sacks > 500 Item(s) no
Tinplate Cans ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 500 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0030 // Cotton buds, cotton pads

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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 ≤ 500 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 500 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 5 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 72 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 180 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 40 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 50 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 60 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 70 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 160 Item(s) yes
Plastic Transparent boxes 80 Item(s) yes
Plastic Transparent boxes 160 Item(s) yes
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