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Excluded Materials
ÉEQ agreed to exclude all containers, packaging and printed matter intended for industrial, commercial and institutional use. As the materials described below may be excluded from Company Reports.
Table : Excluded materials in the « containers and packaging » and « printed matter » classesType of materials | Distinctive feature | Examples | ||
| Tertiary or transportation packaging | Containers and packaging designed to facilitate handling and transportation of a certain number of sales units or grouped packaging in order to avoid their individual handling and damages related to transportation. (Please note that if this packaging is reused for wrapping at the point of sale for transportation of the goods to residential consumers, this packaging should then be reported by the retailer.) |
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| Containers, packaging and printed matter sold as products | Containers, packaging and printed matter designed to accompany products but are sold as empty products themselves. (However, loose-leaf, lined or graph paper as well as notepads should be reported.) |
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| Durable containers and packaging | Containers or packaging designed to hold, protect or store a product over its useful life, when the product is designed to have a useful life of five (5) years or more. |
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| Containers, packaging or printed matter accompanying products used or consumed at the site of distribution | Containers and packaging accompanying products used or consumed by the consumer at the site of distribution or sale of the product when their disposal is handled at that location. (However, those used for carry-out should be reported.) |
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| Other items | Those defined as packaging; “accessories” that serve no packaging function |
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| Books and other printed products included in the printed media class |
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| Items that constitute an integral part of the product |
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