Meaning of waste product labels
Meaning of waste product labels
Meaning of the labels on the packaging
The Mobius loop appears in various forms and means that a product or packaging can be recycled or indicates a product that is already made from recycled materials. Each link represents a part of the recycling chain: collecting, converting into a new product and buying the recycled product.
The circle symbol is used for packaging that is made partly or entirely of recycled material. The percentage is indicated in the code.
The arrows indicate that the product is intended for multiple uses, such as returnable bottles.
The sign indicates that the product must be disposed of separately. It occurs mainly on electrical and electronic equipment.
The sign reminds you to dispose of the packaging in a suitable place.
A Mobius loop with a number and an abbreviation indicates a specific type of packaging material. The codes and abbreviations are laid down by law in Decision 97/129/EC.
The European Union awards the EU Ecolabel to products that reduce negative environmental impacts, contribute to the efficient use of energy resources and a high level of environmental protection, and add value for the final consumer by virtue of their environmental credentials. The criteria for the award of the European Daisy were set by the European Commission in cooperation with various stakeholders.
Packaging that has been assessed by Interzero through advanced laboratory analysis as being good recyclable can be labelled "Made for Recycling".
Read more about assessing recyclability here.
The Check for Recycling label means that Interzero has used its software tool to check the packaging and mark it as good recyclable.
Read more about recyclability testing here.
| Material | Abbreviation | Numbering |
| Polyethylene terephthalate | PET | 1 |
| High-density polyethylene | HDPE | 2 |
| Polyvinyl chloride | PVC | 3 |
| Low-density polyethylene | LDPE | 4 |
| Polypropylene | PP | 5 |
| Polystyrene | PS | 6 |
| Corrugated cardboard | PAP | 20 |
| Uncoated cardboard | PAP | 21 |
| Paper | PAP | 22 |
| Steel | FE | 40 |
| Aluminium | ALU | 41 |
| Wood | FOR | 50 |
| Cotton | TEX | 60 |
| Colourless glass | GL | 70 |
| Brown glass | GL | 72 |
| Paper and cardboard/miscellaneous metals | C/dominant material | 80 |
| Paper and cardboard/plastics | C/dominant material | 81 |
| Paper and paperboard/aluminium | C/dominant material | 82 |
| Paper and cardboard/plastic/aluminium | C/dominant material | 84 |
Meaning of labels on EE equipment and batteries
The crossed-out container symbol means that electronic devices and batteries must not be disposed of
as mixed municipal waste and collected separately.
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Paying the environmental levy
Avoid errors due to double reporting
As Interzero aims to relieve its customers as much as possible of the burden of waste management, an additional service we offer is the declaration and settlement of environmental taxes.
Environmental charges
The declaration, reporting and payment of the environmental levy to the FURS for packaging waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment, portable batteries and funeral candles is mandatory for producers and buyers who place these products on the Slovenian market.
The bases for calculating environmental taxes are:
- payment of an annual allowance for the taxable person’s management of environmental taxes; and
- the environmental impact of waste.
Environmental taxes are calculated every six months as a sum:
- quarterly/semi-annual payment of the allowance; and
- the product of the quantities and units of environmental pollution for each product used or put into circulation in Slovenia during the accounting period.
You can trust Interzer to calculate your environmental levy: we’ll make sure it’s correct, sent to FURS and paid on time. The billing is based on the amount of waste material you report to Interzer.
Contact our team for any questions about the offer!
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Centre of Excellence for Laboratory Services
Interzero Competence Centre - researching and developing for you
Interzero’s own competence centre is located in Maribor. Research, analysis and development take place here. From various laboratory analyses to our own production of plastics for individual recycling, we are able to support our customers across Europe.
As the only recognised research facility in the EU specialising in the development and analysis of recycled plastics, the Centre of Competence has been internationally accredited to the EN/ISO 17025 laboratory standard since March 2020 and is officially approved to carry out a total of 16 methods of analysis. The laboratory thus meets the needs of many industrial companies. Materials are tested according to international standards and in-house methodology. We carry out technical evaluations of existing and newly developed plastics in accordance with the EU chemicals regulation REACH and EU guidelines. We offer highly professional direct advice and support:
- Developing new materials and optimising processing
- Cost, energy and process optimisation of materials production and processing
- Packaging is analysed for the materials used and recycled, with a subsequent stamping, through the “Made for Recycling” service.
Our catalogue of services
Find out more about our services and competence centre at Interzero Germany
Want to know more about our laboratory services or request a quote? Contact our Interzero experts.
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Waste grave candles management
Waste grave candles management
At Interzero, we are committed to an environmentally friendly and comprehensive process for the management of waste grave candles in Slovenia. We have set up a licensing scheme for the management of waste candles, which involves obliged parties (producers and collectors of candles).
By joining the joint scheme, you delegate all regulatory obligations to Interzero.
Who is liable?
A legal entity registered in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia who places on the market annually at least one grave candle as:
- Producer
- Acquirer
- Importer
What are the liable entity’s obligations?
- keeping records of candles placed on the RS market
- transfer of the obligation to handle waste candles to the common scheme
- regularly reporting and settling obligations to the common scheme promoter
- registering your activity with FURS
- regularly reporting and settling obligations to the FURS
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Tailor-made waste management solutions
Tailor-made waste management solutions
At Interzero, environmentally friendly waste management and customised services go hand in hand. That's why we work closely with our customers to develop waste management solutions suitable for any sector.
We rely on more than 600 certified companies in the waste management and recycling sector to implement our solutions. This allows us to handle any category of waste, while meeting the high quality standards expected by customers in any industry.
Quality by design – six steps to your waste management solution:
- Detailed overview of the waste site
- Analysis of your data and operational procedures relevant for disposal
- Documentation of product and waste flows
- Designing a solution based on individually agreed best practice
- Handling and optimising all waste management operations
- Specialised on-site support throughout our cooperation
CONSTRUCTION
Economical, environmentally friendly disposal of construction waste.
Individual solutions for your construction site: transparent, cost-effective optimisation of your waste management and logistics processes with Interzero.
We provide waste management solutions (including hazardous waste disposal) for construction projects of all shapes and sizes. You benefit from a centrally managed, comprehensive network of construction waste disposal companies and our extensive knowledge and experience of legally compliant and cost-effective waste management processes. We work with our customers to create a waste sorting strategy that is specific to their location. We also train staff and ensure compliance with reporting standards
FOOD INDUSTRY
Reliable waste management for food and catering
The food and catering sector is characterized by strict standards of quality, service and hygiene. These standards must also be met when disposing of waste. Interzero develops customized waste management models for restaurants throughout Slovenia.
Restaurant owners know that visiting their place is an experience because of the customer-focused, comprehensive service. At Interzero, we apply this service philosophy to waste management. For more than 15 years, Interzero has been developing integrated waste disposal models for leading restaurants throughout Germany.
Accurate disposal of food waste
Our solution ensures legally compliant and hygienic disposal of food residues and a flexible collection schedule for other types of waste. We optimise waste sorting in the warehouse or food preparation units, if necessary. We can also install modern waste management systems – for example to improve the efficiency of logistics processes.
TRADE AND RETAIL
Well-organized and consistent waste management is one of the key factors for success in the commercial sector. Our experts offer you a comprehensive service that is precisely tailored to your individual needs. Together with our network of more than 600 certified partners from the waste management and recycling sector, for you:
- we coordinate the legal disposal and processing of your waste and recyclable materials;
- we design reliable, comprehensive all-in-one solutions based on the reduction, separation and processing of waste streams and materials;
- we provide support to optimize your entire process chain, while also providing transparent data and cost management.
PRODUCTION
A complete solution for on-site waste management at industrial sites
Interzero’s experts take care of all your waste disposal work in all your production facilities.
Do you need an individual waste management strategy for one or more of your facilities? Our waste management services can be tailored to your exact requirements. For manufacturing companies in any industry – from automotive to food and beverage – our experts organise site-wide waste management for each of your facilities. We also identify cost drivers and continuously adapt our waste disposal strategies to meet the requirements of your business and environmental legislation.
Safe disposal and destruction of high-risk products
For prototypes, parts under warranty or new parts (e.g. in the automotive industry), waste disposal requires both strict precision and safety. With extensive experience in the disposal and destruction of high-risk products, we offer reliable handling of your special waste, from collection and transport to complete destruction and electronic record-keeping.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND HEALTHCARE
Safe and hygienic waste management in health and care
Let Interzero take care of waste removal from your hospital or nursing home. Your benefits: optimised costs and transparent processes.
Patient safety is a top priority – and this applies not only to the provision of healthcare, but also to the efficient and sustainable management of waste. Interzero offers tailored logistics and handling solutions for hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities, as well as specialised services for hazardous waste. Using our circular economy models, companies can reduce healthcare costs while improving their long-term environmental impact.
A specialised solution for nursing homes
Improved waste hygiene in healthcare and elderly care: Interzero helps you to ensure efficient, practical and legally compliant waste management, with a special focus on hazardous/hygienic waste.
CAR WORKSHOP
Automotive workshop waste management – a good solution for used oils, tools and catalytic converters
Removing waste from garages and workshops requires special skills. We use our extensive experience to develop comprehensive solutions for the legally compliant and environmentally friendly management of waste from machine shops throughout Germany.
Interzero’s management of workshop waste is reliable, timely and comprehensive – and completed to the highest environmental and quality standards. Thousands of machine shops already rely on our expertise – including petrol stations and private garages, as well as manufacturers or importers of cars, commercial vehicles, motorcycles and agricultural/construction machinery.
Safe disposal of hazardous waste
Of course, we can also take care of the safe disposal of your hazardous waste, including hydraulic oils and brake fluids, packaging with hazardous residues, lead-acid batteries, oil-soiled protective clothing and catalytic converters.
Wherever your workshop is located and whatever your specific waste disposal requirements, our team of experts will work with you to develop a solution tailored specifically to your business. As a single point of contact, Interzero can save you time and reduce the cost of the process. We also ensure transparency through regular reporting in line with your commitments.
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Sales Packages
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Assumption of liabilities
We take care of your obligations - from registration in official registers to your waste management plan
Our ambition is to take as much pressure off our customers as possible and to help them address their environmental obligations. Contact our experts and choose from the services below to save you valuable time and energy, or to help you meet your environmental goals more efficiently.
Entry in official records
We will make sure you are entered in all the necessary records for you. If you are not sure whether this is an option for you, please contact us and we will be happy to help.
Developing a waste management plan
Not sure if you are one of the companies that need a waste management plan?
Paying the environmental levy
On your behalf, we will make sure that the environmental levy is calculated accurately and paid to FURS on time.
Raising awareness
We can help you run awareness campaigns for your customers, clients or employees
All the information you need on company waste and the obligations it entails is explained in our webinar, which can be accessed via the link below.
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Legislation
Legal advice
We recognise that companies are focused on their core business, not on keeping up to date with changes in current environmental legislation. That is why we help Slovenian and foreign companies to understand and know the current relevant environmental legislation and the obligations it entails.
We’ve pulled together some of the main regulations on environmental legislation for you in the links below:
- Waste Regulation
- Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation
- Regulation on the management of batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators
- Regulation on waste grave candles
- Regulation on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastic products
To avoid time-consuming reading and interpreting lengthy regulations, we have condensed all the relevant information into short webinars. We invite you to visit by clicking on the button below Interzero Academy, where you will find educational content relevant to you.
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Raising awareness
Raising awareness among consumers, customers and employees
Click on the button to download a file with posters to raise consumer awareness on the correct disposal of waste batteries, WEEE and waste candles
More and more waste
As consumption rises, so does waste. A quick glance at our shopping trolleys reveals that a significant part of their contents will end up in packaging or other waste. When we buy new clothes and shoes, we have to make room for them in our wardrobes, so we tend to throw old pieces away. Discarded electrical and electronic equipment is also a growing part of our waste, and we can no longer imagine life without it.
The good news is that municipal waste is decreasing. Slovenia generated 7.7 million tonnes of all types of waste in 2020, a decrease of almost 9% compared to the previous year. On average, the average person in Slovenia produced 489 kg of municipal waste in 2020, 21 kg less than in 2019.
Despite an 11% decrease compared to 2019, construction waste still accounted for 59% of the total waste generated with 4.5 million tonnes. This was followed by municipal waste at 13% and thermal process waste at 12%. However, the amount of waste requiring special collection and disposal treatment for infection prevention is expected to increase by 37% in 2020. (Source: www.stat.si)
The data shows that we are paying more and more attention to the separation of waste that can be recycled and reused. But we are still far from the ideal of a zero-waste society. This vision envisages a shift from waste disposal to resource management. Waste can be a source of raw materials that can be reused.
Harmful to health and the environment
Some waste, such as end-of-life electrical and electronic devices, batteries, accumulators, etc., can endanger our health if disposed of improperly. Television sets often contain lead, which is harmful to health. Contact with lead-containing waste can endanger the kidneys, nervous system and reproductive organs of humans and, in the case of young children, mental development.
Electrical appliances such as fridges and freezers can contain gases that are harmful to the environment. Discarded batteries are also potentially harmful to the environment, as they can contain hazardous substances such as mercury and cadmium. Improperly disposed hazardous waste poses a risk to human health and the environment. Dangerous or toxic substances can contaminate groundwater or accumulate in organisms we eat.
By recycling and separating waste properly, each of us can contribute to reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and thus to the fight against climate change.
Protecting natural resources
Natural resource stocks are limited and visibly depleting. One way to conserve natural resources is to recycle used products so that new raw materials can be recovered.
Global consumption of raw materials is currently around 70 billion tonnes a year, double the level of 30 years ago. Experts estimate that if the demand for raw materials will continue to grow at the same rate, it will be twice as high as today’s by 2030. The European Commission warns that we can no longer afford such wasteful use of resources. Over-exploitation of natural resources causes irreparable damage to the environment.
By reusing the raw materials we already use, we relieve the burden on the environment and preserve the climate. Recycling has the added benefit of creating new jobs, with the European Environment Bureau calculating that recovering 70% of waste could create more than 800 000 jobs in Europe by 2030.
What can we do for you?
We help you run awareness campaigns for your customers, clients and employees.
Awareness-raising moments at the DM Run for Women
Interzero (then called Interseroh) participated in the DM Women’s Run, where our team raised awareness among participants and visitors about the importance of proper packaging waste disposal. With the slogan ‘Return packaging for recycling’, we spread awareness and collected a lot of plastic packaging waste and corks.
Raising awareness of parents and children in Mojca Kindergartens about WEEE collection
In 2022, in cooperation with the Mojca Kindergarten, we encouraged children and their parents to collect and dispose of waste electrical and electronic equipment responsibly. Our WEEE collection boxes were present in the cloakrooms of kindergartens, where parents and children disposed of their used electronic devices.
Awareness-raising highlights from the Student Arena
Interzero (then called Interseroh) was present at the Student Arena event. At our stand, we provided all students and other visitors with important ecological information and presented our innovative ways of dealing with waste products.
Awareness-raising highlights from the When Radovljica Comes to Life event
The popular local event Ko Radovljica zaživi (When Radovljica Comes to Life) was also attended by the Interzero team, who encouraged visitors to collect packaging waste properly and spread awareness with the slogan ‘Return packaging for recycling’.
