Checklist: How to fulfil your obligations under German packaging law in three steps
Registration, participation, reporting: Find out how to fulfil your obligations that relate to packaging subject to system participation.
System participation
Watch this video to learn what system participation means and what you have to do to fulfil your obligations.
Video about system participation
Watch this video to learn what system participation means and what you have to do to fulfil your obligations.
What is 'system participation'?
To pay for the recycling of your packaging that is subject to system participation, you are required to conclude a system participation agreement with a system operator.
The costs for participating your packaging with a system depend on different factors such as the volume and material type of your packaging.
You can conclude your system participation agreement with the system operator of your choice.
Who are the system operators, and what do they do?
Private final consumers dispose of their packaging waste in yellow bags/bins, paper bins and paper/glass containers.
System operators ensure that this packaging waste is collected, sorted and recycled across Germany, and that recycling quality is as high as possible.
System operators recover six million tons of packaging from private final consumers every year.