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Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
28-030 Information technology, consumer electronics 28-030-0100 Televisions, TVs
Product description
Devices whose main purpose is to reproduce TV signals
Product in detail Not classified here
Televisions, TV sets
28-030-0030 information technology 
Explanation
Retail packaging for televisions (TVs) with a diagonal screen size of 62 inches or less is subject to system participation because it typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers – i.e. private households and comparable sources of waste generation (within the meaning of section 3 (11) VerpackG).
Televisions are mainly distributed via electronics stores, online retailers and specialist electronics retailers. When specialist stores take care of both delivery and set-up, packaging is generally taken back. However, in the case of devices with a diagonal screen size of 62 inches or less, the lion's share of packaging remains with the customer.

Retail packaging and grouped packaging for televisions with a diagonal screen size exceeding 62 inches are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings (also in retail settings).
Shipment packaging for televisions 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: 28-030-0100 // Televisions, TVs

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 diagonal screen size ≤ 62 Inch yes
All types All types diagonal screen size > 62 Inch no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes diagonal screen size > 62 Inch no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Boxes diagonal screen size ≤ 62 Inch yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes

Detailed system participation requirement overview - Product: 28-030-0100 // Televisions, TVs

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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 diagonal screen size > 62 Inch no
All types All types diagonal screen size ≤ 62 Inch yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes diagonal screen size > 62 Inch no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes diagonal screen size ≤ 62 Inch yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes diagonal screen size > 62 Inch no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Hinged lid boxes diagonal screen size ≤ 62 Inch yes
Shipment packaging (retail packaging) and grouped packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Shipment packaging All types yes
Plastic Shipment packaging All types yes