The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) distinguishes between packaging that is subject to system participation and packaging that is not subject to system participation.
Packaging subject to system participation is retail or grouped packaging filled with goods that typically accumulates as waste with private final consumers after use. Retail packaging includes shipment and service packaging.
Packaging that is not subject to system participation includes: single-use beverage packaging subject to deposit, retail and grouped packaging that does not typically accumulate as waste with private final consumers, retail packaging for hazardous contents, transport packaging, retail and grouped packaging for which system participation is excluded due to system incompatibility, and reusable packaging.
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