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Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
16-000 Chemicals for professional use 16-000-0161 Plastic additives
Product description
Plastic additives are auxiliaries and additives used in manufacturing or processing plastics to influence product properties.
Product in detail Not classified here
Light stabilisers
Processing agents
Other plastic additives
Dyes
Flame retardants
Stabilisers
16-000-162 Masterbatches 
13-020-0110 Additives 
   
   
   
   
Explanation
Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for plastic additives of all kinds are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in the plastics industry (plastics manufacturing, plastics processing, plastics recycling), not with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG).

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0161 // Plastic additives

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
Aluminium Cans All types no
Plastic All types no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) All types no
Plastic Bottles All types no
Plastic Sacks All types no
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
All types All types All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard All types no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types no
Plastic All types no
Plastic Shipment packaging All types no

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 16-000-0161 // Plastic additives

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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
Aluminium Cans 500 ml no
Aluminium Cans 1 l no
Plastic 500 kg no
Plastic 600 kg no
Plastic 1000 kg no
Plastic 1300 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 1000 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 1250 kg no
Plastic Big bags (FIBCs) 1500 kg no
Plastic Bottles 100 ml no
Plastic Bottles 500 ml no
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