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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
22-000 Household goods 22-000-0150 Household sponges, cleaning cloths
Product description
Cloths, sponges and wipes for cleaning in residential and commercial settings. They are used for wet or dry cleaning.
Product in detail Not classified here
Other cleaning wipes and cloths
Sponge scourers
Cleaning cloths
Sponge clothes
Cleaning scourers and sponges
Other household scourers and sponges
15-000-0190 Cleaning wipes 
   
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for household sponges and cleaning cloths in quantities of 100 items or fewer 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 accommodation establishments. Comparable sources of waste generation also include cleaning businesses whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').

Shipment packaging for household sponges and cleaning cloths 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.
Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0150 // Household sponges, cleaning cloths

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 ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 100 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, bags, boxes ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags, shrink wraps ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 100 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging, wrappings > 100 Item(s) no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 22-000-0150 // Household sponges, cleaning cloths

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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 ≤ 100 Item(s) yes
All types All types > 100 Item(s) no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Flat bags 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hang tab boxes 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers 4 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 2 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 3 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 5 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 12 Item(s) yes
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