Just getting started? Check here if you have any obligations under German packaging law – and what you need to do.
If you are distributing packaged goods in Germany, you have to be registered with the LUCID Packaging Register. We'll show you everything you need to know.
Registration alone is not enough for certain types of packaging. Learn more about how to fulfil the system participation requirement and report your packaging volumes.
Explore this section for more guidance and information, definitions and general help in complying with the law, no matter your sector, distribution channel or logistics solution.
All about the ZSVR's work as an authority, from published decisions and information about the ZSVR Foundation to the minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging.
20241202_Press_release_Companies_risking_distribution_ban.pdf
… at risk – they are undermining packaging…
Companies risking distribution ban: recycling requirements for packaging by 31 December
ZSVR_recycling_rates_2018-2021.pdf
… increase of around 3 %. 1 Recycling rates…
2.7 Is registration for multiple companies (associated companies, group) possible?
… to check who can undertake registration and/or…
ZSVR_Recycling-rates_2018_2020_EN.pdf
… indication that underparticipation is…
3.5 Can an appointed third party (broker, auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) undertake system participation on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… They can only undertake system…
3.3 When is it permissible under the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act – VerpackG) to make retrospective deductions from packaging volumes that have already participated in a system and have been placed onto the German market?
… fees have been refunded. Subject to strict…
Factsheet_significance_recyclates.pdf
… shrink-wrapped around the buckets with heat…
20200727_PM_Use-of-recyclates-is-essential-for-meeting-recycling-quotas.pdf
… manufacturers. • Ms Gunda Rachut, Chair of the…
Use of recyclates is essential for meeting recycling quotas
… manufacturers. Ms Gunda Rachut, Chair of the…
