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.
Brand names
… goods, broken down by packaging that is subject to system participation and packaging that is not subject to…
Case_report_04_2020_Fashion_boutiques.pdf
… Imports and failure to participate packaging in a system in the case of fashion boutiques with an online shop…
Case_report_02_2020_Differences_in_volumes_declaration_of_completeness.pdf
… did not align with the volumes reported by systems in various cases. What happened? Nonetheless, the…
Case_report_03_2020_IT_firm.pdf
…Case report 03/2020: IT firm fails to meet system participation requirement Osnabrück, 21 September 2020 What is the…
ZSVR_classification_overview.pdf
… enforcement by state authorities) VerpackG: individual legal tasks VerpackG: individual recovery tasks …
Press
… has set recycling targets by material type that system operators must achieve. The systems collect, sort…
FAQs
… – from packaging law definitions to registration, system participation or data reporting.
Overview of the amendments
… required to pay for its recycling. This is called 'system participation'. For service packaging (packaging…
I need to report my packagings' weight and material type. How do I determine them?
… provides details about the weight of the individual packaging and additional packaging components you have…
2020_Audit_guidelines_System_volume_flow_record.pdf
… expert activities. Exceptions to this are individual audit conclusions that are part of the volume flow…
