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Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
02-030 Frozen food 02-030-0030 Frozen poultry
Product description
Frozen poultry as raw meat or prepared poultry, whole or parts
Product in detail Not classified here
Frozen raw meat
Frozen poultry preparations
02-050-0010 Fresh meat 
   
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for frozen poultry in quantities of 15 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, commercial kitchens, canteens and takeaway food providers. 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 frozen poultry in quantities exceeding 15 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in large commercial enterprise settings. Industrial consumers usually process fresh poultry.

Shipment packaging for frozen poultry 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: 02-030-0030 // Frozen poultry

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 > 15 kg no
All types All types ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 15 kg no
Plastic Bags, trays, skin packaging ≤ 15 kg yes
Plastic Bags, trays, skin packaging > 15 kg no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard > 15 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-030-0030 // Frozen poultry

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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 > 15 kg no
All types All types ≤ 15 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 600 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 3000 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 11 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 13 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 15 kg no
Plastic Bags, inner bags 1 kg yes
Plastic Bags, inner bags 1.2 kg yes
Plastic Bags, inner bags 2 kg yes
Plastic Bags, inner bags 2.5 kg yes
Plastic Bags, inner bags 5.1 kg yes
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