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Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0080 Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

Product description

Fine chemicals are a trade category for pure chemical substances. They are used in laboratories for chemical syntheses/analyses, as food additives or as raw materials. Lab chemicals are technical chemicals used in laboratories.

Product in detail Not classified here

Laboratory chemicals

Fine chemicals

16-000-0100	Other commercial chemicals

Explanation

Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for fine and lab chemicals of all kinds are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This includes, for example, industrial and other large laboratories.

Specials

Retail packaging for hazardous contents within the meaning of section 3 (7) in conjunction with appendix 2 VerpackG is exempt from system participation under section 12 (2) no. 3 VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

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.
Retail packaging
All types	All types	All types	no
Glass	Bottles	All types	no
Plastic	Bottles	All types	no
Plastic	Canisters	All types	no
Plastic	Casks	All types	no
Plastic	IBCs	All types	no
Tinplate	Canisters	All types	no
Tinplate	Casks	All types	no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes	All types	no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Shipment packaging	All types	no
Plastic	Shipment packaging	All types	no

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

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.
Retail packaging
Glass	Bottles	50 ml - 250 ml	no
Glass	Bottles	250 ml - 1 l	no
Plastic	Bottles	50 ml - 500 ml	no
Plastic	Bottles	1 l - 2.5 l	no
Plastic	Canisters	10 l	no
Plastic	Canisters	20 l	no
Plastic	Canisters	25 l	no
Plastic	Casks	200 l	no
Plastic	IBCs	1000 l	no
Tinplate	Canisters	10 l	no
Tinplate	Canisters	20 l	no
Tinplate	Canisters	25 l	no

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Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0080 // Fine chemicals, lab chemicals

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