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.
ZSVR launches English website
…The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has launched its English website.
ZSVR ends practice of defining packaging as 'out of scope' – and creates a catalogue for (nearly) every packaging
… and with legal certainty. The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
Launch of the LUCID Packaging Register
Heightened transparency fosters greater fairness in collection and recycling
Alexander Dröge joins ZSVR as Secretary General
…Dr Alexander Dröge will join the Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging…
ZSVR lays groundwork for enforcement
…The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has now been active as an authority…
Specifying producer responsibility for packaging
… of packaging. At year-end 2018, the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
ZSVR publishes first minimum standard
… that the relevant recycling targets defined in the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) can be met. An important…
Positive track record after 10 months of Packaging Register
Number of companies acknowledging producer responsibility has tripled since the end of 2018. The quality of packaging volume reporting has improved, and system participation volumes have increased.
ZSVR publishes case reports on own investigations
…The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has now been operating the LUCID…
ZSVR launches fully available English website
…The website of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) has been fully…
