Product Data Hub Guidance Document

Overview

This guidance document has been created to support you during your online submission.

It will explain how to access the submission and how to update your packaging weights information.

To view a video guide of how to complete the online submission, please click here. This is a generic video to show how the process works, it deviates from the Marks and Spencer’s survey slightly.

Should you have any queries about how to access the submission or have any issues making amendments to your packaging information, please contact Valpak on 01789 208749 or email datateam@valpak.co.uk and we will be happy to help you.

Contents Accessing the Product Data Hub .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Registering access to the system ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Activating your registration ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Logging In ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Changing your password ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Completing Your Submission ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Starting Your Submission ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Live Chat ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Downloading Your Product List Template ................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Reviewing Your Company Details ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Completing the Questionnaire .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 8

Updating Your Products .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Updating Compliance Data .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Adding a New Packaging Profile .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Removing a Packaging Profile ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Submitting Product Information .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Awaiting Submission .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

Copy Function .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

Updating EPR Data (Sustainability, Lamination and Certification Data) ............................................................................................ 15

FAQs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16

Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Plastic Polymer Types and Examples .............................................................................................................................................................................. 19

Glossary of Terms ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 20

Packaging Types ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................23

Visual Guide to Packaging Types (Primary Packaging) ....................................................................................................................................25

Visual Guide to Packaging Types and levels(Secondary Packaging) ...................................................................................................32

Visual Guide to Packaging Types and levels(Transit Packaging) .............................................................................................................35

Accessing the Product Data Hub Registering access to the system Where a submission is due, you will have received an email like the below. Click on the Get Started message to log in or register for the submission.

In line with our Plan A 2025 commitment to reduce packaging waste and to ensure that Marks and Spencer are legally compliant with the Packaging Waste Regulations in the UK and in our International territories, we are again in the process of collecting M&S packaging information from all our suppliers.

We have engaged Valpak, our compliance partner, to collect and collate this data this year through the Product Data Hub on behalf of Marks and Spencer.

We are asking you to provide accurate primary, secondary and transit information and weights data for the packaging around the products manufactured for, or supplied to, Marks and Spencer that have been sold during this calendar year 2021.

For products which Valpak already hold packaging weights information for, the system will be pre-populated with that weight data. We would be grateful if you could check through each of these items and make any adjustments as required. For products without current weights data, we ask you provide this data and include all the information listed below for each item:

•Product code/Product description

•Plastic Type (e.g. HDPE, PET etc, the plastic type is key and needs to be specified)

•Plastic/Glass Colour

•Packaging Format (Box, bottle, bag, swing ticket, etc)

•Packaging weights; by packaging type and material per layer.

•Pallet type, if applicable

•Recycled content (Percentage of post-consumer waste)

Inaccurate reporting will require you to resubmit the data.

A guidance document can be downloaded here, or is available on the Product data hub after logging in.

We will be adding newly sold products to your supplier area each month and you will be notified once these are available to update with any packaging information.

We would like to emphasise that this is a legal requirement for Marks and Spencer to collect this data, and this is clearly detailed within M&S Clothing and Home Terms and Conditions along with a penalty clause for failure to supply data: Clause 19 - Packaging Waste Regulations and Schedule 14 (Schedule 15 for FSV) – Supplier Compensation Charges. An abridged version of Marks and Spencer T’s and C’s can be found here.

We would be grateful if you would help Marks and Spencer and Valpak complete this task by following the link to register, login or complete your packaging weights submission:

Get Started

If you have registered last year, you can sign in with your email and password.

If you are not the correct person to complete this request, please click here:

Not Me

If you have any data related queries please do not hesitate to contact the team at Valpak directly, either by email: datateam@valpak.co.uk , by phone: +44 (0)1789 208 749, or through the Livechat function within the Product Data Hub. Please note that phones and Livechat are only available during UK business hours of 9am-5pm.

With more scrutiny than ever on packaging details we really appreciate your co-operation.

Firstly, please enter you email address. This will assess whether the email you are using has registered with the system before.

Activating your registration You will be asked to enter your details to register to use the survey. Please complete these details and click Register.

The next screen will ask you if you would like to receive the authentication code via mobile or email. Please select which you would prefer.

Your authentication code will be emailed or messaged to you as per your selected preference. Once received, please enter the code and verify. You will need to enter the code within 5 minutes of receipt before it expires.

Logging In Once you are registered you will be able to login to the system. You can do this at:

https://suppliersurvey.valpak.co.uk

Changing your password If you have forgotten your password, please navigate to the login screen and select that you have forgotten your password. This will send you a link to reset your password.

Completing Your Submission

Starting Your Submission Once you are logged in you will be able to start your supplier submission.

Live Chat On each page of the submission there is help functionality in the version of a live chat. During the hours 9-5:30, the dedicated Data Team will be able to assist with questions relating to the submission.

If you are completing the submission out of these hours, please leave your message and email in the live chat and the Data Team will be in touch ASAP. Additionally, any feedback regarding the submission will be welcomed at the end of the chat.

Downloading Your Product List Template & Guidance Document Prior to completing any information, you can download your list of products, as well as additional copies of this guidance, here.

The Product weights list contains details of all weights previously submitted to Valpak, and shows any products which are missing weights. This document is for guidance only, and can not be used to submit data to Valpak.

Reviewing Your Company Details This information is prepopulated using the company information we hold in our systems. If any of this information is incorrect, you can update this here. This Information will only be used to contact you if we have any queries about the data you submit.

Completing the Questionnaire The questionnaire asks some key general questions surrounding the type of packaging handled by your company. Please complete these.

The Data Team may be in contact if the answers to these questions do not align with the product information submitted.

Updating Your Products The products section of the online submission has been populated using information provided by Marks and Spencer’s to Valpak.

Here, you can search for a product to update either by category, product code, or name.

There are four elements to a product's information; Compliance data, Sustainability data, Lamination data and Certification data. Sustainability data, Lamination data and Certification data are titled under Extended Producer Responsibility. If we do not hold full information for questions in these sections, this will be referenced as 'No' in its respective column.

If you would like to edit a specific products packaging information, you can do so by clicking Edit. Please note that at present you cannot add a new product.

If you would like to remove a product(s) please tick the product on the right and click remove products, this will prompt you to insert reasoning as to why this product is being deleted e.g. no longer supply.

Updating Compliance Data (Compulsory) Where editing a product, you will be taken to its packaging profile; displaying that product's primary, secondary, and transit packaging information.

If you have supplied weights information to us, this will be prepopulated. The Compliance section will be marked as 'No' if any of this information has not been not provided. You can edit this information by clicking the 'Edit' option in the Compliance Data column, entering the information required, and then clicking 'Save'.

Please note that all weights should be submitted to 3 decimal places. If a weight is prepopulated from our EPIC database, this is rounded to the nearest 3 decimal places.

All Compliance fields are mandatory as this is essential information which is used to complete the packaging submission form which is submitted to the relevant Environment Agency. This includes information on the Recycled Content of the packaging component, and for Plastic and Glass the colour is essential, for all other materials it can be declared as Unspecified.

For the Valid from date, please use the relevant dates for each season as specified in the table below:

Season Valid From Date

Spring 2021 27/12/20

Summer 2021 07/03/21

Autumn 2021 04/07/21

Winter 2021 03/10/21

There are a number of back end checks that take place behind the scenes during the submission process. These look at the data declared and will let you know if there is something which doesn’t look right. These range from a check on the weights being 10% + or – the current average weight for like-packaged products to checks on the Products per Packaging level within the secondary and transit packaging. These will appear as a pop-up when the save button is clicked, and will not prevent the product data from submitting, but will be queried by the data processing team.

Adding a New Packaging Profile If you need to add a new packaging profile, you will be required to complete all mandatory Compliance information. By clicking 'Add New Packaging Profile', a new packaging profile line will appear for you to update the relevant Compliance and optional EPR data..

Removing a Packaging Profile You can also remove a packaging profile if you no longer supply this packaging by ticking the box(es) to the far left of the packaging line and then clicking the ‘Remove packaging profiles’ button to the bottom right. Select ‘Yes’ when the below message pops up if you are happy to remove these products.

Submitting Product Information There are two ways to submit a product(s) updated information.

1) To submit an individual products information. Once you have finished updating the information for your product in the individual products packaging profile, you can submit this information using the 'Submit' button.

2) To bulk submit all your product information changes, go onto the products page, and click ‘Submit all Changes’ to the bottom left of the page. This will submit all of the updated packaging information for the products with the status ‘Yes’ in the column ‘Awaiting Submission’. The products that are awaiting submission are the products whereby you have updated the to the products information, but they have not currently been submitted.

Note that you will not be able to submit unless all Compliance information has been marked as Yes.

Any changes you have made will be checked by our Data Insights team and we may contact you if we have any questions.

Submitting a product on an individual products packaging profile:

Submitting products using ‘Submit all changes’ on the products page:

Awaiting Submission All products with the status ‘Yes’ in the Awaiting Submission column are all the products whereby you have made changes to the products information, but this has not yet been submitted to Valpak.

Once submitted the status in the awaiting submission column will turn green and detail ‘No’. You can filter on the Awaiting Submission column for ‘Yes’ to view all products that have not yet been submitted. This filter can then be cleared to view the full product list, by clicking on the filter and selecting ‘Clear’.

Once this data has been submitted it will show as green in the Product Data hub, however there may be additional queries raised by the data team which will need to be answered before the data is signed off.

Copy Function For products that have the same packaging for all levels the copy function can be utilised. In order to copy a products packaging profile, the compliance information must be completed. To copy a products packaging profile, you must be in the correct products profile and select the ‘Copy Product’ feature in the bottom right of the page as seen below:

Once the ‘Copy Product’ button has been selected you will come to the copy products page. The product that you are copying the packaging profile from will be detailed at the top. In this page you can search for products you would like to copy to by using the search functionality, you can search by category, product name, or product code. Once you have found the products you would like to copy to, tick the relevant product(s) to the right, and click ‘Copy to Selected Product(s)’ and select ‘Yes’.

You will then be directed to a page detailing all the products that you have copied the original product packaging to. These products have not been submitted yet they have only been updated.

From here these products can be updated by clicking edit, or if the products are ready to be submitted, click ‘Submit all Changes’ in the bottom left and select ‘Yes’.

To return to the products page, click the filter on the ‘Awaiting Submission’ column and click ‘Clear’.

You will now have arrived back at the Products page.

Updating EPR Data (Sustainability, Lamination and Certification Data) please populate at the best of your ability If you previously have supplied this information to us, this will be prepopulated. This section will be marked as 'No' if any of this information has not been not provided. You can edit this information by clicking the 'Edit' option in the EPR completed column, entering the information required, and then clicking 'Save' in the new window. The questions posed are dynamic depending on the base material of the packaging line.

FAQs We don’t supply anymore – why have we received this?

Although you no longer supply, your products will have been sold by the company you supplied to in the last 12 months. Therefore, your packaging weight data is required to fulfil the company’s packaging waste obligation for this year.

For short term storage items, such as fresh fruit and vegetables, products that have a short expiry data etc. this will not apply. For long term storage items, such as canned goods, clothes etc. this will apply.

Why can’t I register?

To register, you will need to use the email address the original invitation email was sent to or else the email address will be invalid. To use a different email address, you will need to use the ‘Not Me’ link to register. This is also the case if the invitation email was forwarded on to another person.

Why does it say ERROR 500?

This is due to the server being too busy to process your request – we are sorry for any inconvenience, please try again later.

How do I reset my password?

Please click the ‘Forgotten Password’ link on the log in area. You will receive an email which will enable you to reset your password. If the email does not arrive, please check your spam/junk folders.

Why can’t I verify my account?

You will need to enter the code that has been sent to you within 5 minutes or else it will expire.

Why can we only see previous completed surveys?

This is because you have only registered with the previous survey. To resolve this, you will need to re-register following the links on the new invitation email. This will link the accounts together and you should be able to see the current survey.

Why are your product codes different to ours?

The product codes that are on our template are the codes given to us by the company you supply. These may not be the same as your codes. If this is the case, you will need to match your codes to ours as the only codes we can accepted are the ones we provided.

Why do we need to provide all this information?

The Information requested is needed to help fulfil the packaging waste obligation for the company you supply, as well as any extra reporting they have asked us to do. It is essential in order to help comply with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 as well as any Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting your customer has.

There is packaging information against my products already, do I need to complete the survey?

Yes. We have prepopulated the information on the packaging profile page with data previously supplied by your company, to help you complete the survey. Please review this data and submit the survey.

Where a weight has not been provided or did not pass data checks in the past, estimated levels and materials have been prepopulated. Please update the data or remove any packaging lines which are not needed.

What do you mean by Packaging Levels?

Primary: Any packaging that the customer will take home, remove & throw away. Usually the packaging immediately around the product, sometimes known as retail or consumer packaging.

Secondary: Outer packaging, used to protect and group a number of products together, that will be removed before onward sale to the customer. Usually boxes, plastic bags, shelf ready packaging & counter-top display units.

Transit: Pallets, shrink wrap, layer cards & strapping.

Examples of these can be found here

What do I declare where a packaging component has a mix of materials?

Where a packaging component has a mix of materials, for example where 2 or more plastics are laminated together, or metal and plastic are combined in a pump, please declare the material which is dominant by weight. For example, if a pump contains a small metal spring which cannot easily be removed for weighing please include the weight of it in with the plastic, similarly if a plastic laminate is 60% PET and 40% PP then it would need to be declared as PET.

What do you mean by Products per Packaging Level?

This refers to how many individual products are in each packaging level.

Primary: This is the sales unit for the product that the customer takes home, so should always be one. Where there are multiple items within a product, for example a Trio of Nail polishes this should still be one, however the weight declared should reflect the total weight for those components, e.g. 3 x nail polish bottle weights

Secondary: The total number of primary products packed into a secondary box/carton

Transit: The total number of primary products packed onto a pallet (number of products per box multiplied by the number of boxes per pallet).

Examples of these can be found here

I am getting an error message about the Products per Level?

The Products per Level field should always be a whole number greater than 1.

The transit Products per Level should equal products on a pallet (not secondary cases on a pallet). This means the transit should always be able to divide by the secondary Products per Level.

For example, if you have 6 products in a box and 100 boxes on a pallet, the Products per Level for all lines of each level should be:

Primary = 1

Secondary = 6

Transit = 600

If you are getting an error message, please check the Products per Level field and make sure all the transit can be divided by the secondary.

What if I have more than one packaging type?

For each packaging type, you will need to complete a separate row. This is because we need to have a weight for each component of the packaging. Where there are multiple pieces of packaging of the same type, for example a trio of nail polishes these can be entered individually on separate lines.

Why do I need to include extended materials?

Extended materials give us more information about the type of material your packaging consists of. This is particularly important for the upcoming changes to the compliance regime in the UK, where modulated fees will be based in part on the plastic polymers used. By using extended materials, we can help the company you supply to calculate their environmental impact of the packaging they handle.

Why is the extended materials drop down list blank?

You must first select a base material. Once the base material is entered, the drop-down list in the extended material column will be updated to show only materials linked to the base material.

The product does not have packaging at a certain level. I removed the packaging profiles for the level and clicked submit. Why do they reappear?

All levels of packaging need to be completed. If the product does not have any packaging at a certain level, please add a packaging profile using the criteria:

• Base and extended material = Other • Packaging type = No Packaging

• Material colour = Unspecified • Weight = 0g • Product per level = 1

How should I report Curtains and Furniture which is shipped directly to the customer?

Furniture and Curtains which are shipped directly from the supplier to the customer do not have any secondary or transit packaging, as all packaging used is removed by the end user. For this reason, all packaging around these items should all be reported under the Primary level of packaging. For secondary and transit levels you can enter the following:

• Base and extended material = Other • Packaging type = No Packaging • Material colour = Unspecified • Weight = 0g • Product per level = 1

How should I report Packaging components which are laminated or composed of multiple materials?

Laminated packaging components are those where two or more materials are bonded together, for example two or more types of plastic, or paper with a PE/PP film. For these products the components should be declared on the compliance tab under the material which is the main material by weight, for example if a label is paper with a PE lamination then the paper would be the dominant material. Information about the PE lamination can be declared on the EPR data tab.

Multi-material packaging components are those such as knicker bags, which have a rigid hook welded to the top of the bag. For these components they will need to be declared on to separate lines as a hook and bag. Packaging components are considered multiple components if they were separate when the last substantial modification took place, in the example above the bag and hook were made separately, the welding together of these items does not constitute major modification under the UK regulations.

Appendix

Plastic Polymer Types and Examples

Plastic Grade Material name Examples of packaging Symbol

Grade 1 Plastic PET Polyethylene terephthalate

Windows in display boxes, Labels and clips

Grade 2 Plastic HDPE

High-density polyethylene

Bags, bottles, pumps

Grade 3 Plastic PVC Polyvinyl chloride Inserts, Windows

Grade 4 Plastic LDPE

Low-density polyethylene

Carrier bags and shrouds

Grade 5 Plastic PP Polypropylene Kimbles and clips

Grade 6 Plastic PS Polystyrene Protective inserts and foam

Grade 7 Other Plastic

All other resins and multi-materials

Labels and sticks

These are the 7 most common grades of plastic, there are a large number of other polymers in use in packaging, which are variants of the above, e.g rPET, OPP, LLDPE or APET. Where the exact polymer is known please declare that.

Please note: Where a packaging component is comprised of multi-plastics, the dominant polymer should be loaded against the whole weight of the packaging item.

Glossary of Terms Compliance Data

Base Material

The main base material of the packaging; either Glass, Plastic, Paper, Steel, Aluminium, Wood, Other

Colour

The colour of each piece of packaging. Needed for Glass and Plastic.

Extended Material

The specific material that the packaging is made from, such as HDPE, PS, PVC, Carton Board, Corrugated

Valid From

Valid from is the date from which the packaging specification applies.

Season Valid From Date

Spring 2021 27/12/20

Summer 2021 07/03/21

Autumn 2021 04/07/21

Winter 2021 03/10/21

Packaging Level

The packaging layer you are describing:

Primary: Any packaging that an end user customer will take home, remove & throw away. Usually the packaging immediately around the product.

Secondary: Outer packaging, used to group a number of products together, that will be removed before onward sale to an end user customer. Usually boxes, trays & wrap, shelf ready packaging & counter-top display units, and any plastic bags or garment shrouds used to protect the products during shipping.

Transit: Pallets, shrink wrap, layer cards & strapping.

Packaging Type

The type of packaging you are describing. For example, can, lid, box, tray, CHEP pallet, bottle, bag etc. If a product has multiple packaging types, record these on separate lines. For more information please see the table here and the visual guide here

Product Code

The product code provided by the company you supply to.

Product Name

The product name provided by the company you supply to.

Products per Packaging Level

The number of individual products per packaging level.

Primary products per packaging level: 1

Secondary products per packaging level: the number of individual products within the secondary packaging e.g. if there are 20 bras in a bag and box then the PPL for both the bag and box would be 20.

Transit products per packaging Level: the number of individual products on a full pallet (number of products per case x number of cases per pallet).

Examples of this can be found here

Product Size/Weight

Total weight of product including all components (excluding packaging and battery weights). E.g. 250g, 330ml, 2ltr, etc. This data is for information only

Unit of Measure (g or Kg)

Unit of weight measurement e.g. Grams (g) or Kilograms (Kg).

Weight of the Packaging Type

The total weight of each individual packaging type in Grams or Kilograms.

E.g. for a trio of nail polishes, the weight declared would be the weight of 3 bottles, and the weight of 3 lids.

Recycled Content Post Consumer %

This field is Mandatory. If the packaging item has been manufactured using recycled material, please specify this as a percentage. Recycled content can be derived from both pre and post consumer sources. Post consumer relates only to material generated by households or by commercial end users. Evidence will be required by Marks and Spencer’s to support this claim.

EPR tab

The EPR tab contains fields covering a range of additional areas of data collection, any data you can supply for this section would be appreciated.

Biodegradable

Biodegradable refers to the ability of materials to break down and return to nature. In order for packaging products or materials to qualify as biodegradable, they must completely break down and decompose into natural elements within a short time after disposal – typically a year or less. Materials that are biodegradable include corrugated cardboard and even some plastics. Most plastics, however, are not biodegradable.

Chain of custody

Applicable to FSC/PEFC. Proof that the material Is genuinely FSC/PEFC throughout the supply chain.

Compostability Standard

Compostable materials are similar to biodegradable materials, as they are both intended to return to the earth safely. However, compostable materials go one step further by providing the earth with nutrients once the material has completely broken down. These materials are added to compost piles, which are designated sites with specific conditions dependent on wind, sunlight, drainage and other factors. While biodegradable materials are designed to break down within landfills, compostable materials require special composting conditions.

In order for a compostable material to be accepted at a composting facility in the UK it must meet standard BS EN13432: Packaging requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation. Test scheme and evaluation criteria for the final acceptance of packaging, or equivalent. This ensures the material will fully compost in the conditions provided at these facilities.

ECF/TCF/PCF

Applies to the paper/card element.

ECF (elemental chlorine free)

TCF (totally chlorine free)

PCF (process chlorine free)

FSC/PEFC/FLEGT/CITES Certification

Packaging sourced through sustainable forest management (only in relation to wood and paper).

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)

PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification)

FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade)

CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

Green Dot

The Green Dot symbol can be displayed on packaging to prove that It complies with packaging waste legislation. It does not have any environmental or recycling meaning.

Lamination

Lamination involves bonding together 2 or more plastics or bonding plastic to another material such as paper or aluminium. Examples are crisp packets, ice creams, biscuits chocolate, coffee, cooked meats.

If the packaging item is laminated, please specify the plastic grade.

If the packaging item is laminated, please specify if one side is laminated or both sides. For example, if a beverage carton is laminated on both sides please specify Double, if a can is laminated just on the inside then specify Single.

OPRL Label

The On-Pack Recycling Label, displayed on the packaging, is used to guide consumers on how best to recycle each piece of packaging.

Recyclable

Recyclable materials are those that can be processed and used again.

Renewable source

Paper, wood, steel and aluminium are generally seen as renewable. Non- renewable means the material will run out one day and includes fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil. Some plastics can be renewable such as those made from corn starch.

Packaging Types There are a large number of packaging types available in the product data hub, to aid Marks and Spencer’s please follow the following guidance. In addition to the list below a visual guide is available here

Primary Packaging is any packaging that an end user customer will take home, remove & throw away. Usually the packaging immediately around the product. For clothing we would expect this to be limited to one or two tags, a kimble or string, and possibly a header card.. For products with multiple components of the same type, please combine the weights of all like components, for example with a trio of nail polishes there will be 3 glass bottles and 3 caps, these should be combined into a single weight for the bottles and a single weight for the caps. The table below sets out some of the most common packaging types:

Product Hub Packaging Type

M&S Packaging Type Descriptions Comments

Actuator

Aerosol

Bag

Hook Bags, Zipper Bags, Shroud/Hanger Bags, Master Bags, Non-Woven Bag+PE window (Bedding), Bedding Printed Plastic Bag, Blister Pack

Blister Pack = outer bag, usually secondary or transit

Band or Wrap Belly Band / Wrap, Wrapping Band

Base Base Chipboard, Box Base

Board Body Cards or Centre Card back boards use for folding/stiffeners (e.g. shirts & bedding)

Bottle Bottle

Box Case, Carton, Inner Box, Gift Box, Display Box, Outer Box, Outer Carton, Transit Carton

Cap Cap, Lid

Carton Case, Carton, Inner Box, Gift Box, Display Box, Outer Box, Outer Carton, Transit Carton, Folding Carton

Case Case, Carton, Display Box, Outer Box

Clip e.g.shirt clips Corner Protector

Corner Protector

Divider Dividers/Inner fitment (paper, corrugate), Layer Pad, Insert, Liner

Dropper e.g. Beauty bottles

Film Top Web, Base Web, Shrink Wrap, Shrink Film

Foam Jiffy Foam

Hanger Hanger, Janger, Accessories Hanger, Sock Hangers

Header Header Cards Header or Collar Collar Cards

Hook Accessory Hook, Bag Hook e.g. knicker packs

Insert Printed inserts use in display bags, Support, Divider, Layer Pad, Insert, Liner

Jar Jar, Pot, Tub

Kimble Kimble, Shuttlelock Used to attach tag to product

Label

UPC Sticker, Price Sticker, Size Sticker, Leg Stickers, Clear Stickers, Roundel, Promotional Sticker, BEL,TRL,OTCL, Hook/Hanger Label, Base Label, Back Label (Adhesives)

Layer Pad Divider, Layer Pad, Insert, Liner Lid Lid, Cap Liner Divider, Layer Pad, Insert, Liner

Outer Box Case, Carton, Display Box, Outer Box, Transit Box

Pad Pad, Layer Pad Pallet Pot Jar, Pot, Tub Pouch Pouch, Sachet Protective Insert

Pump Pump Ribbon Ribbons, Bows Rider Overriders, Underriders Sachet Pouch, Sachet Shipper Outer Box, Transit Box, Carton Sleeve Stick Support, Stick e.g. in shoes

String String (satin or grosgrain) / Codes / wax string

Swing Tag Swing Ticket, RFID Swing Ticket, Promotional Tag

Tag usually attached with a kimble/string/ribbon

Tag Swing Ticket, RFID Swing Ticket, Promotional Tag, Centre Card (e.g. on pyjamas)

Tape Tissue Tissue Paper

Tray Cardboard Trays, Plastic trays, Vac Forms, Display Trays (on shelf in store)

Tub Jar, Pot, Tub Tube Tube Window Plastic Window on Boxes

Wrap Waterfall packs, waterfall card, Belly Band, Stretch Wrap, Shrink Wrap, Pallet Wrap, Bubble Wrap

Wrapper Waterfall packs, waterfall card, Belly Band, Stretch Wrap, Shrink Wrap, Pallet Wrap, Bubble Wrap

Visual Guide to Packaging Types (Primary Packaging)

Center Card = TAG

Ribbon = RIBBON

Swing Ticket = SWING TAG

Kimble = KIMBLE

Board (inside) = BOARD

Waterfall pack = WRAP

Waterfall pack = WRAP

Hook = HOOK

Hook Size Sticker = LABEL

Belly Band = BAND/WRAP

Swing Ticket x 2 (report as 1 combined weight) = SWING TAG

Kimble (Shuttlecock) = KIMBLE

String = STRING

Size label = LABEL

Board (Inside) = BOARD

Overrider - RIDER

Swing tickets – SWING TAG

String - STRING

Shuttelock - KIMBLE

Bag = BAG

Hook = HOOK

Insert = INSERT

Label = LABEL

Hook and Bag MUST be weighed separately

Swing Ticket – SWING TICKET

Kimble - KIMBLE

Leg Sticker - LABEL

Promo Label- LABEL

Hanger – HANGER (INCUDING SIZE PLAQUE – WEIGHT COMBINED)

Header Card = HEADER

Hook = HOOK

Kimble = KIMBLE

Collar Card - HEADER

Hanger – HANGER

Price sticker and promotional sticker – LABELS

Hanger Size Sticker – LABEL

Kimble – KIMBLE

Gift Box – BOX

Window – WINDOW

Label – LABEL

Ribbon – RIBBON

All elements must be separated and weighed individually

Bottle

Cap

Box

Bottle

Pump

Cap

Tube

Cover

Carton

Wrap – plastic wrap around box

Label

Tube

Cap

Box

Lid

Jar

Bottle

Dropper

Carton

Cap – Please include the weight

of the attached brush

Wrap

Insert

Label

Bottle

Jar

Lid

Label

Bag

Bag

Bag

Insert

Price Label

Promo Label

Bag

Insert

Folding Board - Inside

Fold Cardboard e.g. Bedding,

Shirts, Babywear - Board

Lid

Box

Tray/insert

RFID Adhesive Label – Label (PRIMARY)

Paper Stick – Stick – Combine the weight of both sticks (SECONDARY)

Tissue – Tissue (secondary)

Visual Guide to Packaging Levels – Primary & Secondary

Hanging garments

Primary Packaging level

1 x Swing ticket (if there are multiple swing tickets please combine the weights

1 x Kimble

1 x Hanger

Products Per Packaging Level = 1

Secondary Packaging Level

1 Product in a garment shroud

Products per packaging level = 1

Secondary Packaging level cont.

20 coats in a box

Box

Tape

Products per packaging level = 20

Packaging Level Packaging Type Material Products Per Packaging Level

Primary Swing Tag Paper 1

Primary Kimble Plastic 1

Primary Hanger Plastic 1

Secondary Bag Plastic 1

Secondary Box Paper 20

MULTI PACK:

Outer Box – BOX

Box Lid – LID

Insert/Vac Form – TRAY/INSERT

Bottle – BOTTLE (weight x 4 bottles)

Cap – CAP/LID (weight x 4 caps)

Label – LABEL (weight x 4 labels)

Foil Tie – TIE

Packaging Level Material

Products per Packaging Level

BOX Primary Paper 1 LID Primary Plastic 1

TRAY/INSERT Primary Paper 1 BOTTLE Primary Glass 1

CAP Primary Aluminium 1 LABEL Primary Paper 1

TIE Primary Paper 1

NOTE: the weight for the bottles, labels & caps should be should be the combined weight of 4 x each, but Products per Packaging Level should be 1:

There are 12 products per secondary Bag and Box

Packaging

Level Materi

al Products per

Packaging Level SWING

TAG Primary Paper 1 LABEL Primary Paper 1

LABEL Primary Plastic 1

HANGER Primary Plastic 1 Hanger Insert Primary Plastic 1

BAG Secondary Plastic 12

BOX Secondary Paper 12

1 product per secondary bag (removed instore before sale so not Primary), 6 products per Box

Packaging

Level Material Products per

Packaging Level SWING

TAG Primary Paper 1

KIMBLE Primary Plastic 1

BAG Secondary Plastic 1

BOX Secondary Paper 5

3 products per secondary bag (removed in store before sale so not Primary), 3 products per Box

Packaging

Level Material Products per

Packaging Level

WRAP Primary Paper 1

BOARD Primary Paper 1

Bag Secondary Paper 3

Box Secondary Paper 3

1 pair of shoes in a bag, 1 protective insert per bag, 3 bags in a box with 2 dividers. Please declare the weight of both dividers.

Packaging

Level Materi

al Products per

Packaging Level

STICK Primary Paper 1

TISSUE Primary Paper 1

LABEL Primary Paper 1 Protective

Insert Secondary Paper 1

Bag Secondary Plasti

c 1

Divider Secondary Paper 3

Box Secondary Paper 3

Visual Guide to Packaging Levels (Transit Packaging)

Without Pallets: If products are shipped in just secondary cardboard boxes, or hanging in containers please declare the transit packaging as follows:

• Base and extended material = Other • Packaging type = No Packaging • Material colour = Unspecified • Weight = 0g • Product per level = 1

With Pallets: If products are shipped via pallets please see below example

32 Secondary boxes per pallet

Transit Packaging:

Pallet/returnable pallet

Stretch wrap

Slip Sheet

Products Per Packaging level = Number of products per secondary Box x number of boxes per pallet = 32 x 20 = 640