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_three-Steps.pdf
… question: Are you a party under obligation? The Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) uses the collective term…
20191029_PM_Jahresbilanz_Verpackungsregister_LUCID.pdf
… Von den verbleibenden 10 % sind allein knapp 7 % in Österreich und den Niederlanden verwertet worden. Nur 0,05…
Factsheet_packaging_recycling.pdf
… . . . . . . . . . 5 The idea behind the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) is to reduce the impact…
20250829_PM_Minimum_Standard_2025.pdf
… Agency (Umweltbundesamt), the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Anleitung_XML_Datenmeldung_EN.pdf
… 8 Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister | Foundation headquarters: City of…
Overview_of_sources_of_waste_generation.pdf
… a private final consumer as defined in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act). This packaging only…
Minimum_standard_Packaging_act_2019.pdf
… participation pursuant to section 21 (3) VerpackG (Verpackungsgesetz – Packaging Act) In agreement with the…
20170912_Memorandum_Clearing.pdf
… MEMORANDUM An: Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister Von: Dentons Europe LLP Datum: 12.…
2025_PK_Präsentation_Packaging_recycling_relies_on_all_of_us_.pdf
… and well-monitored system. Based on the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act), the LUCID Packaging…
2025_Audit_guidlines_System_volume_flow_record.pdf
… 3 of 85 1 Introduction The Stiftung Zentrale Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register…