Definition sheet with explanations

Product group no. Product group Product no. Product
17-000 Commercial salt, industrial salt, de-icing salt 17-000-0010 Commercial salt, industrial salt
Product description
Industrial salt refers to sodium chloride used in the base chemicals industry. Commercial salt refers to salt used for commercial, technical or industrial purposes that does not fall into the industrial salt, table salt or road salt categories.
Product in detail Not classified here
Commercial salt
Industrial salt
Salt used in livestock farming (e.g. lick stones)
Salt used for food preservation (e.g. curing salt)
02-110-0420 table salt 
14-000-0010 Soaps, shower gels, bubble baths 
17-000-0020 De-icing salt, road salt 
15-000-0240 Regenerating salt, water softeners 
Explanation
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for commercial and industrial salt in quantities of 28 kg or less 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). Comparable sources of waste generation include in particular artisanal food production businesses and agricultural holdings whose packaging waste can be collected at the rate that is normally associated with private households in waste bins that do not exceed 1,100 litres ('volume criterion').
Retail packaging and grouped packaging for commercial and industrial salt in quantities exceeding 28 kg are not subject to system participation because they typically accumulate as waste in industrial or large commercial enterprise settings. This particularly applies to big bags and sacks in quantities exceeding 28 kg, which mostly accumulate in industrial settings, artisanal food production businesses or agricultural holdings exceeding the volume criterion. Industrial consumers usually process bulk goods.
Shipment packaging for commercial and industrial salt 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: 17-000-0010 // Commercial salt, industrial salt

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
Outer packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, multi-piece packaging ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, multi-piece packaging > 28 kg no
Retail packaging
Other composite packaging Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, drums ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes, drums > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 28 kg no
Plastic Bags, buckets, wrappings, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Big bags, casks, sacks > 28 kg no
Plastic Folding boxes, drums ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Folding boxes, drums > 28 kg no

Detailed system participation requirement overview
Product: 17-000-0010 // Commercial salt, industrial salt

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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
Outer packaging
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 3 x 250 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 750 g yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 3 x 1 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 3 kg yes
Plastic Bags, multi-piece packaging ≤ 28 kg yes
Plastic Bags, multi-piece packaging > 28 kg no
Retail packaging
Other composite packaging Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Other composite packaging Sacks > 28 kg no
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Bags, sacks ≤ 28 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Folding boxes 2 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Portable drums 10 kg yes
Paper/paperboard/cardboard Sacks > 28 kg no
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