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Product Packaging
Household packaging is packaging having the following size:
- surface area up to and including 1.5 m²; or in the case of hollow bodies, a nominal filling volume up
- to and including 5 litres, or in the case of packaging made of expanded polystyrene (EPS – e.g. Polysterene), a mass of up to and including up to 0.15 kg per sales unit and usually occurs
- in private households or
- in places comparable to households with regard to the packaging generated.
- Furthermore, service packaging, carrier bags and knotted bags shall in any case be deemed to be household packaging, irrespective of their size.
Packaging made of Paper, cardboard, paperboard and corrugated cardboard packaging that meets the definition of sales packaging shall, irrespective of their size, be deemed to be household packaging, irrespective of its size, provided that point 2 applies.
Industrial Packaging
Industrial packaging is
- packaging that is not household packaging,
- paper packaging that meets the definition of transport packaging,
- pallets and strapping and adhesive tapes, and
- the proportion of packaging which in principle meets the definition of household packaging but which, by the packaging classification ordinance, is considered to be transport packaging.
Sales packaging or primary packaging is offered to the end consumer as a sales unit.
Outer packaging or secondary packaging – insofar as they do not fall under sales packaging or transport packaging – is packaging which:
- contains one or more sales units which are sold together to the final consumer or serve only to stock the sales shelves, and
- can be removed without affecting the characteristics of the goods.
Transport Packaging
Transport packaging or tertiary packaging means packaging designed to facilitate the handling and transport of multiple sales units or outer packaging in order to avoid their direct contact or damage in transit.
Containers for road, rail, ship and air transport are not included in the definition of transport packaging.
Shipping Packaging
Shipping packaging for online sales is used to deliver goods to the end users (e.g. the shipping cartons, filling materials like bubble foil, etc.).
Shipping packaging is always subject to registration and membership in a PRO.
For shipping packaging, there are always direct obligations for marketplace sellers/online sellers selling to Austria.
batteries Recycling
What are portable batteries?
Batteries or accumulators are any sources of electrical energy generated by direct conversion of chemical energy and consisting of one or more primary battery cells (non-rechargeable) or consisting of one or more secondary battery cells (rechargeable).
Most types of batteries contain toxic heavy metals, including nickel, cadmium, and mercury. All of these metals can be recovered and reused.
Recycling batteries is good for the environment as it keeps them out of landfill, where heavy metals may leak into the ground, causing soil and water pollution and endangering animal and plant life. If batteries are incinerated with household waste, the heavy metals inside them cause air pollution.
Large domestic appliances
This category includes appliances such as washing machines, cookers, dishwashers and tumble dryers.
The first stage of recycling is decontamination: cables and other electrical components are removed; ballasts, plastics, iron compounds and other metals are separated and recovered. These materials are then sent for further processing and recovery.
Recycling Process
- Pre-shedding
decontamination - Shredding
- Separation
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News & Events
Latest news and events
It is not only about recycling processes and compliance, it is also about networking. ERP shares knowledge, insights, and news so that together we can promote the sustainable agenda.
News
April 3rd, 2025
Close the Glass Loop has released its latest report on packaging glass recycling performance in Europe, providing an in-depth assessment of recycling
News
April 3rd, 2025
Last summer, a report by the Ellen Macarthur Foundation called for mandatory EPR policies
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March 28th, 2025
In November 2024, Uruguay published Regulation (292/024) introducing extended producer responsibility (EPR) for the management of ‘general use’ B2C electrical