Product sheet

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

02-040 Confectionery, snack foods 02-040-0130 Chewing gum

Product description

Chewing gum made of types of sugar and/or sweeteners, flavourings and other ingredients that influence consistency, colourings and with a water-insoluble chewable base that becomes plastic when chewed

Product in detail Not classified here

Chewing gum strips

Chewing gum balls

Chewing gum pellets

Dental chewing gum

Caffeine gum

18-000-0030	Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid

Explanation

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for chewing gum in quantities of 6 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 cinemas, theatres and amusement parks as well as food and beverage businesses, canteens and educational institutions.

Shipment packaging for chewing gum 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: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

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		> 6 kg		no
All types	All types		≤ 6 kg	yes
Other composite packaging	Bags, blister packs, wrappings		≤ 6 kg	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Bags, wrappings, boxes		≤ 6 kg	yes
Plastic	Bags, blister packs, cans, wrappers		≤ 6 kg	yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		> 6 kg		no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard		≤ 6 kg	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Shipment packaging	All types		yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		≤ 6 kg	yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings		> 6 kg		no
Plastic	Shipment packaging	All types		yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

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	≤ 6 kg	yes
All types	All types	> 6 kg		no
Other composite packaging	Bags	13 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Bags	15 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Blister packs	15 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	13 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	14 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	18 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	25 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	27 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	35 g	yes
Other composite packaging	Wrappings	41 g	yes

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 02-040-0130 // Chewing gum

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