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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-030 Information technology, consumer electronics 28-030-0030 information technology
Product description
Devices used to process, use and store information
Product in detail Not classified here
Docking stations and other IT equipment
Presenters, presentation pointers, laserpointers
Notebooks, netbooks, desktop computers, servers, laptops, tablets
Smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers
Ereaders, ebook readers, voice translators
Screens, keyboards, mice
Storage units (hard drives, memory cards, USB flash drives)
28-030-0041 Floor-standing printers, floor-standing multifunction printers 
28-030-0150 3D printers 
28-030-0090 Telecommunications devices, accessories 
28-030-0040 Office printers, household printers 
28-030-0045 Large-format printers, production printers 
  Mainframes for insurance companies, banks, etc. (not included in the catalogue) 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for information technology of all kinds is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG), above all IT service providers, office service providers and other service enterprises or administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

The majority of information technology products is distributed by online retailers, electronics stores, specialist IT firms, other specialist stores or via direct sales. 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 information technology 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: 28-030-0030 // information technology

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 Boxes All types yes
Plastic Bags All types yes
Plastic Blister packs All types yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 28-030-0030 // information technology

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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 Blister packs 1 Item(s) 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 Folding boxes 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, hang tab boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sliding boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Telescope boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Tuck top boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
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