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.
Learn more about the application of the PPWR, beginning with the check: am I a manufacturer and/or a producer?
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…
14-000_Toiletries.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
23-000_Leisure___sporting_goods.pdf
02-030_Frozen_food.pdf
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 …
16-000_Chemicals_for_professional_use.pdf
01-000_Beverages.pdf
28-020_Small_appliances.pdf
Would you like to see who is registered in the LUCID Packaging Register? Use the search function in the public register of producers to find all registered companies.