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Please refer to general guidelines.

Responses within each statement are listed by decreasing preference, i.e. target (best) response is listed first. Comments welcome!


1 Product has packaging

1. No
2. Yes

2 Packaging adequacy

1. No packaging
2. Packaging is just enough for the packaged product
3. Packaging is more than enough for the packaged product

3 Packaging reusability once empty

1. No packaging
2. Can be reused by target customer for the same product or a range of similar products, does not need to be returned
3. Can be reused by target customer for the same product, does not need to be returned
4. Can be reused for the same product or a range of similar products, but needs to be returned
5. Can be reused for the same product, but needs to be returned
6. Cannot be reused

4 Recycled material used in packaging
Percentage per grade of material regardless of volume/weight/area ratio of this grade in the package overall

1. 100% = no packaging or 100% of each grade is made of recycled material
2. ...
3. 0 = no recycled material

5 Packaging can be recycled
Percentage per grade of material regardless of volume/weight/area ratio of this grade in the package overall

1. 100% = no packaging or 100% of each grade can be recycled
2. ...
3. 0 = cannot be recycled

6 Product packaging uniformity
Number of grades of material used

1. 0 grades of material = No packaging
2. 1 grade of material = packaging is uniform
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4
6. 5

7 Effort needed to separate different grades of material in packaging

1. No packaging
2. Materials are not physically bound nor glued together, e.g. slide off
3. Materials are physically bound but without glue, e.g. tear off
4. Overcome water-soluble glue (force or soaking in water needed)
5. Overcome non water-soluble glue (force or chemical solvent needed)
6. Cannot separate

8 Packaging behavior while decomposing - absorption

1. No packaging
2. Absorbs substances harmful to life
3. Absorbs substances associated with greenhouse effect
4. No absorption
5. Absorbs neutral substances, e.g. water

9 Packaging behavior while decomposing - emissions

1. No packaging
2. No emissions
3. Emits neutral substances, e.g. water
4. Emits substances associated with greenhouse effect
5. Emits substances harmful to life

10 Packaging decomposition - time

1. No packaging
2. Decomposes in less than 1 month of disposal
3. Decomposes in less than 3 months of disposal
4. Decomposes in less than 6 months of disposal
5. Decomposes in less than 9 months of disposal
6. Decomposes in less than 1 year of disposal
7. Decomposes in less than 2 years of disposal
8. Decomposes in less than 3 years of disposal
9. Decomposes in less than 4 years of disposal
10. Decomposes in less than 5 years of disposal
11. Decomposes in more than 5 years of disposal

11 Packaging decomposition - special conditions

1. No packaging
2. No special conditions required (decomposes under natural conditions)
3. Special facility required (e.g. composting facility)

12 Energy recovery - Waste-to-energy (WtE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy

1. No packaging
2. Packaging can be used in WtE
3. Packaging cannot be used in WtE

13 Energy recovery - Refuse-derived fuel (RDF)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuse-derived_fuel

1. No packaging
2. Packaging can be used in RDF
3. Packaging cannot be used in RDF

14 Packaging ink - oils

1. No packaging
2. No ink used
3. Plant oils
4. Petroleum oils

15 Packaging ink - heavy metals

1. No packaging
2. No ink used
3. No heavy metals
4. Heavy metals present