Product sheet

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

02-000 Dairy products 02-000-0050 Cheese, cream cheese

Product description

All kinds of cheese, including cream cheese

Product in detail Not classified here

Blue cheese, Camembert, Brie or other soft cheeses

Other cream cheeses

Hard cheese, semi-hard cheese

Sour milk cheese, cooked cheese

Cottage cheese

Processed cheese

Mozzarella

Feta and other brined cheese

02-000-0060	Quark, fruit quark, spiced quark

Explanation

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cheese and cream cheese in quantities of 16 kg or less 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 food and beverage businesses, canteens and commercial kitchens. Comparable sources of waste generation also include artisanal food production businesses whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for cheese and cream cheese in quantities exceeding 16 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. One example is processed cheese delivered to industrial processors in 56 kg foil blocks.

Shipment packaging for cheese and cream cheese 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.

Specials

Wax casings around cheese are not considered packaging according to appendix 1 to section 3 (1) VerpackG.

Classification decisions for the product (only available in German)

Einordnungsentscheidung "Eimer aus Kunststoff für 10 kg Frischkäse" ( pdf, 395.4 KB)

Publication date: 05.05.2022 | Applicant: Hochland Deutschland GmbH

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

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		> 16 kg		no
All types	All types		≤ 16 kg	yes
Glass	Bottles, jars		≤ 16 kg	yes
Plastic	Bags, buckets, wrappings		≤ 16 kg	yes
Plastic	Bags, buckets, wrappings		> 16 kg		no
Plastic	Cups, pots		≤ 16 kg	yes
Plastic	Trays		≤ 800 g	yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		≤ 16 kg	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		> 16 kg		no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Shipment packaging	All types		yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		≤ 16 kg	yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		> 16 kg		no
Plastic	Shipment packaging	All types		yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

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.		System participation requirement
Retail packaging
All types	All types	≤ 16 kg	yes
All types	All types	> 16 kg		no
Aluminium	Cans, trays	50 g - 250 g	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	16 g - 25 g	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	50 g - 250 g	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	251 g - 1 kg	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	850 g - 2000 g	yes
Aluminium	Wrappings	1.1 kg - 7 kg	yes
Glass	Bottles	100 g	yes
Glass	Jars	125 g	yes
Glass	Jars	200 g	yes
Glass	Jars	300 g	yes

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Definition sheet with explanations

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-000-0050 // Cheese, cream cheese

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