This standard specifies classification, requirements, test methods, inspection rules, marking, packaging, transportation and storage of plastic storage containers.
This standard is applicable to plastic storage containers made of raw materials, like polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and acrylonitrile - styrene copolymer (AS) by injection molding (hereinafter referred to as "storage container").
2 Normative references
The following documents are essential for the application of this Standard. For the dated normative references, only the dated editions are applicable to this document. For undated references, the latest edition (including any amendments) applies to this document.
GB/T 191 Packaging - Pictorial marking for handling of goods
GB/T 2918-1998 Plastics - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing
GB/T 2828.1-2012 Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - Part1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
GB/T 6543 Single and double corrugated boxes for transport packages
GB/T 16288 Marking of plastics products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purpose of this standard, the following terms and definitions and the ones defined in GB/T 16288 apply.
3.1
plastic storage container
plastic container with a labeled capacity of no larger than 10L used to contain non-food articles
3.2
labeled capacity
workable capacity labeled on a product
4 Classification
4.1 By structure, storage containers are classified into: cover storage container and cover-less storage container.
