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.
Checklist_Preparing_registration.pdf
… requirement). If you place packaging subject to system participation on the German market, you have other…
Checklist_Determining_relevance.pdf
… pay for the recycling of that packaging. This is called ‘system Private final consumers = participation’. …
Case_report_01_2023_Food_producer_failed_to_file_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… have been complied with – in particular full system participation for all packaging subject to system…
20191029_PM_Positive-track-record-after-10-months-of-Packaging-Register.pdf
… of packaging volume reporting has improved, and system participation volumes have increased. Considerable…
Case_report_01_2024_Single-use_beverage_packaging_subject_to_deposit.pdf
… in the DPG deposit scheme (Deutsche Pfandsystem GmbH). There are few exceptions to the deposit…
20250318_PM_Reusable_shopping_bags.pdf
… shopping bags constitute packaging subject to system participation. It is irrelevant what materials they…
ZSVR_Recycling-rates-2019.pdf
… Preliminary notes In the 2019 reference year, the systems achieved the following recycling rates: PPC Glass …
Case_report_01_2025_Outstanding_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… packaging for which it is required to do so with a system. Sometimes auditors discover cases where system…
20240409_PR_1_Million_Registrations.pdf
… ignored their duty under packaging law to undertake system participation. The ZSVR’s mission was to make the…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2024.pdf
… the recyclability of packaging subject to system participation pursuant to section 21 (3) VerpackG …
