DEFINITIONS OF MATERIALS AND PACKAGING ENTERED ON PYR'S QUESTIONNAIRE
PAPER FIBRE PACKAGING
Corrugated-cardboard packaging
Corrugated-cardboard packaging comprises packaging made
of corrugated cardboard, such as cardboard boxes, trays, layer
boards and corner supports for pallets as well as pallets made of
corrugated cardboard.
Industrial wrapping and sacks
Industrial wrapping and sacks comprise product packaging supplied
to industry that is fibre-based and often plastic coated or
laminated. This category comprises such items as wrapping and
end labels for paper rolls, sheet wrapping, edge reinforcements
and corner supports, wrapping laminates and paper sacks used
in the timber, plywood, board and steel industries.
Cores
Cores are the cardboard inner supports for rolls and reels. They
are used in the paper, plastic and textile industries, for example.
Carton packaging and paper wrapping
Carton packaging and paper wrapping comprise, for example,
cardboard boxes for cereals and biscuits, sweet boxes, fibrebased
covering, such as egg boxes and the inner parts of the
packaging, paper bags and wrapping for products like sugar and
flour, and paper packaging for foodstuffs, such as fibre-based
one-way packaging, for instance, for hamburgers, trays and coffee
cups together with fibre-based labelling and wrapping for copy
paper.
Liquid carton packaging
Liquid packaging comprises cartons for liquids, such as milk,
cream, yoghurt, juice, syrup, seasoning, clothes-washing liquids
and fabric softeners.
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Plastic packaging comprises all packaging made of plastic, such
as film, pallet wrapping materials, plastic bags, bottles, canisters,
containers, cups, tubes and styrox packaging as well as packaging
accessories, such as closures, bubble packaging, ribbon,
boxes, packets, baskets, one-way pallets and limited-life IBCs,
whose metal frames belong to metal packaging.
Recyclable plastic packaging are deposit recyclable PET bottles together with their trays.
Deposit recyclable PET bottles and trays are listed separately in their own row.
Over 500 l containers are not mentioned in the questionnaire.
METAL PACKAGING
Aluminium packaging
Aluminium packaging comprises aluminium trays and items made
of aluminium, such as food cans, beverage cans, aerosols, aluminium
foil and foil lids, and aluminium closures, such as screw
caps etc.
Tinplate packaging
Tinplate packaging comprises food cans, a part of aerosols and
beverage cans, cigar boxes, paint pails, canisters and closures,
such as crown caps and lids of glass jars and so on.
Steel packaging
Steel packaging comprises such items as steel drums and containers, metal straps and wire, pallet packaging accessories and metal cores.
Roller cages and carbonated-beverage pressurised packaging belong to the steel packaging category.
Deposit based beverage cans are listed separately in their own column.
Over 500 l containers are not mentioned in the questionnaire.
GLASS PACKAGING
Glass packaging comprises, among other items, bottles and jars.
Deposit based glass bottles are listed separately in their own row.
WOODEN PACKAGING
Wooden packaging comprises wooden and plywood packaging such as pallets and similar wooden bases, frames, crates and boxes. In addition wooden packaging includes cable reels, various barrels and containers as well as layer boards and supports.
OTHER PACKAGING
Other packaging comprises packaging materials less used, such as ceramic packaging, jute sacks and biodegradable packaging (however, not fibre-based).
The packaging material entered on the “Other packaging” line must always be declared.
COMBINATION PACKAGING
Combination packaging comprises packaging where materials cannot easily be separated from one another. A plastic coated sack, for example, would be a typical combination packaging.
Combination packaging belongs to the materials category, for which the quantity of the material is greatest by weight.
NOTE
A product meant for the end-user is generally packed using packaging of different materials, such as transport, group and consumer packaging or bottles, closures and labels. Remember to enter all packaging around a product on the questionnaire.
Refillable or reusable packaging, placed on the market for
the first time, should be entered in the “Packed in-house
and outsource packed for the domestic market” and/or
“Imports” columns on the questionnaire. Only after the first
instance of use should they be entered in the “Refilling or
reuse as packaging in Finland” column.
Wooden pallets and other wooden packaging, deposit glass bottles and plastic crates and boxes are typical packaging that can be refilled or reused. The user of packaging is not in every case its owner, which means that the user also has to report leasing pallets, for example.
