Press releases & news
Below you will find selected information and releases from the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) on the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) and the work of the ZSVR.
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ZSVR publishes first minimum standard for determining the recyclability of packaging
Packaging must become more recycling-friendly and more eco-friendly in order to ensure that the relevant recycling targets defined in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) can be met. An important tool is the minimum standard for determining the…
System participation requirement catalogue: determining packaging obligations at a glance
In Germany, producer responsibility for packaging was introduced in 1993. However, many producers have long been failing to comply with this responsibility, either completely or in part. One major issue has been that many producers or retailers…
ZSVR lays groundwork for enforcement
The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has now been active as an authority for six months, receiving data on producer and system packaging volumes, analysing them and uncovering irregularities.…
Launch of the LUCID Packaging Register: Heightened transparency fosters greater fairness in collection and recycling
Four months before the German Packaging Act enters into force, the LUCID Packaging Register has gone online. Every party placing packaged consumer goods on the German market for the first time has to be registered there as of 1 January 2019, with…
ZSVR ends practice of defining packaging as 'out of scope' – and creates a catalogue for (nearly) every packaging
In future, it will be possible to determine whether packaging is subject to system participation conclusively and with legal certainty. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has created a catalogue that…