Product sheet

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

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

Product description

Solid or semi-solid medicinal products (drugs) are substances or combinations of substances intended to treat or prevent disease in human beings, or which may be used with a view to modifying physiological functions or to making a medical diagnosis.

Product in detail Not classified here

Dragées, sugar-coated tablets

Capsules

Medicinal products, semi-liquid (ointments, gels)

Powders

Medicinal products, solid

Tablets

02-120-0140	other liquid foods
02-110-0340	Food supplements, powdered
18-000-0040	Medicinal products, liquid
18-000-0080	Veterinary medicines, solid, semi-solid
18-000-0010	Health products, solid or semi-solid

Explanation

Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for solid or semi-solid medicinal products of all kinds 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 hospitals, elderly care facilities, retirement homes and pharmacies.

Specials

Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging is irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for solid or semi-solid medicinal products. Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for solid or semi-solid medicinal products is suitable for residential collection and recovery.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0030 // Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid

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	yes
Glass	Cans, Bottles, jars, pots	All types	yes
Metal	Cans, tubes	All types	yes
Other composite packaging	Bags, cans, tubes	All types	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes	All types	yes
Plastic	Bags, cans, dispensers, cosmetic jars, pots, tubes	All types	yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, outer boxes made of cardboard	All types	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Shipment packaging	All types	yes
Plastic	Multi-piece packaging, wrappings	All types	yes
Plastic	Shipment packaging	All types	yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0030 // Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid

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		yes
Aluminium	Cans		20 Pills - 500 Pills	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		2 g - 12 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		15 g - 30 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		35 g - 50 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		55 g - 90 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		100 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		120 g - 175 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		200 g	yes
Aluminium	Tubes		250 g	yes
Glass	Dispensers, roll-ons		50 ml	yes
Glass	Jars		30 g - 120 g	yes

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Definition sheet with explanations

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0030 // Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0030 // Medicinal products, solid or semi-solid

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