FAQ
6. How are “final consumers“ defined in the German Packaging Ordinance?
Final consumer within the meaning of the Ordinance is anyone who does not further resell the goods in the form delivered to him. Private final consumers within the meaning of the Ordinance are households and comparable places where packaging arises, especially restaurants, hotels, canteens, administrations, barracks, hospitals, educational establishments, charitable institutions, premises used by members of the liberal professions and typical places in the cultural sector where packaging arises, such as cinemas, opera houses and museums, as well as typical places in the leisure sector where packaging arises, such as holiday complexes, leisure parks, sport stadiums and service areas. Comparable places within the meaning of the second sentence above include farms and craft trade businesses from which the removal of waste can take place via standard household collection containers for paper, cardboard and light packaging by means of not more than one 1100-litre emptiable container per substance group at the usual household collection intervals.
