Product sheet

Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product

18-000 Health 18-000-0145 Medical tests, rapid tests

Product description

Accessories for conducting tests to detect specific substances, pathogens, allergens, pregnancies, etc.

Product in detail Not classified here

Allergy test kits, hormone test kits

Blood tests, e.g. diabetes tests

Urine tests

COVID-19 tests

Colorectal cancer screening tests

Other test kits

Pregnancy tests, paternity tests

Alcohol tests, drug tests

18-000-0140	Diagnostics
18-000-0240	Medical devices, instruments

Explanation

Retail packaging, grouped packaging and shipment packaging for medical tests and rapid tests 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 clinics, hospitals, medical practices and alternative practitioners.

Specials

Recommendations on how to deal with non-emptied packaging is irrelevant when it comes to classifying the system participation requirement of packaging for medical tests and rapid tests. Unless otherwise stated in the package insert, emptied packaging (within the meaning of section 3 (6) VerpackG) for medical tests and rapid tests is suitable for residential collection and recovery.
Use of the system participation requirement catalogue requires that the item in question be packaging within the meaning of section 3 (1) VerpackG in conjunction with appendix 1 VerpackG.

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

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	Ampoules, bottles	All types	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Boxes	All types	yes
Plastic	Bags, cans, bottles, pipettes	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: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

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
Glass	Ampoules, bottles		1 Item(s) - 50 Item(s)	yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard	Folding boxes, boxes		1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s)	yes
Plastic	Bags, flat bags		1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s)	yes
Plastic	Bottles, pipettes		1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s)	yes
Plastic	Cans		1 Item(s) - 10 Item(s)	yes
Plastic	Wrappings, films		1 Item(s) - 100 Item(s)	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

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Definition sheet with explanations

Brief system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 18-000-0145 // Medical tests, rapid tests

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