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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
40-000 Other technical products 40-000-0030 Water treatment products
Product description
Filters and other devices or products for the treatment of water that is not primarily intended as drinking water
Product in detail Not classified here
Water disinfection devices
Legionella filters
Water filters for dental practices
Water softening systems
Water filters for dishwashers, high-pressure cleaners, laundries
Other water treatments devices and articles
08-040-0780 Pool cleaning products, swimming pool accessories 
22-000-0410 Drinking water filters 
  Activated carbon filters (not included in the catalogue) 
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for water treatment products of all kinds are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This includes in particular building trade businesses and other craft enterprises whose packaging waste cannot be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres. Although packaging for water filters may also accumulate as waste with businesses considered comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG) to some extent (e.g. dental practices), the lion's share accumulates as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings.

Shipment packaging for water treatment 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: 40-000-0030 // Water treatment products

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 no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers, banderoles, folding boxes All types no
Plastic Bags, blister packs, films All types no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Multi-piece packaging All types no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 40-000-0030 // Water treatment products

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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 no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Banderoles All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hang labels All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hangers All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Labels All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Telescope boxes All types no
Plastic Bags All types no
Plastic Blister packs All types no
Plastic Films All types no
Plastic Moulded materials, bubble wraps, shrink wraps All types no
Plastic Skin packaging All types no
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