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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-030 Information technology, consumer electronics 28-030-0010 Photo, film
Product description
Cameras and accessories
Product in detail Not classified here
Lenses for cameras, including digital cameras
Electronic flash units
Cameras, including digital cameras
Film rolls for photography and cinematography
Camera bags and accessories
16-000-0100 Other commercial chemicals 
28-030-0110 Other consumer electronics 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for photo and film products 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 photographers and other service enterprises.

The majority of photo and film products is distributed via online retailers, electronics stores and specialist retailers (especially photography stores). The product is usually delivered to the customer in the original packaging. Only in exceptional cases are large commercial enterprises the end customers.

Shipment packaging for photo and film products 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: 28-030-0010 // Photo, film

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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Blister packs All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, hinged lid boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags, wrappings All types yes
Plastic Blister packs 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: 28-030-0010 // Photo, film

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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
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 2 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 3 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Wrappings 1 Item(s) 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