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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-030 Information technology, consumer electronics 28-030-0050 electrical office equipment
Product description
Electrical equipment used in offices
Product in detail Not classified here
Document shredders
Overhead projectors, video projectors
Postage meters, franking machines
Other electrical office equipment
Typewriters, flexowriters
Printing calculators, desktop calculators
Clocking in machines
28-030-0041 Floor-standing printers, floor-standing multifunction printers 
28-030-0040 Office printers, household printers 
28-030-0045 Large-format printers, production printers 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging for electrical office equipment 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) such as administrations, authorities, service enterprises and administrative sections of companies, especially in trade and manufacturing.

The majority of electrical office equipment is distributed via online retailers, electronics stores, office supply providers or other specialist 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 electrical office equipment 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: 28-030-0050 // electrical office equipment

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: 28-030-0050 // electrical office equipment

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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 100 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Telescope boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Tuck top boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Bags 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes
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