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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-030 Information technology, consumer electronics 28-030-0106 Headphones
Product description
Earphones used to receive acoustic signals, worn in or on the ears
Product in detail Not classified here
Noise-cancelling headphones
Headsets
Open-ear headphones, earbuds
Over-ear headphones
Wireless headphones
08-040-0640 Occupational safety equipment 
28-030-0110 Other consumer electronics 
18-000-0190 Eyewear, hearing aids 
28-030-0105 Audio technology 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for headphones 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 service enterprises, cultural and recreational facilities, administrations, authorities and administrative sections of companies.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 28-030-0106 // Headphones

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 Boxes, 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: 28-030-0106 // Headphones

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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 10 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 20 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Window boxes 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Blister packs 1 Item(s) yes
Plastic Flat bags 1 Item(s) yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes, folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
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