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.
I am running a food and beverage business
… for that packaging's recycling. This is called 'system participation'. Service packaging and shipment…
Declaration of completeness
… they have duly participated their packaging with a system, paying for the recycling of their packaging and…
Practical information on auditing declarations of completeness
… Auditors and experts must register individually for technical reasons; there is no way to register…
What would be a concrete example for reusable packaging that meets all statutory requirements?
… jars are sold in a shop with a deposit (incentive system). The distributor accepts their return (actual…
20250318_PM_Reusable_shopping_bags.pdf
… or actually fills it at the point of sale in individual cases. It is equally irrelevant whether customers are…
Statutory amendments enter into force, fostering transparency and fairness
No one can shirk from their responsibilities any longer: on 1 July 2022, amendments to the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) entered into force that include various changes for initial distributors
Checklist_Determining_relevance.pdf
… pay for the recycling of that packaging. This is called ‘system Private final consumers = participation’. …
About the catalogue
… for sources of waste generation – something an individual producer is not able to do. They further assessed the…
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…
Factsheet_Recycling-friendly-design-glass.pdf
… recognised as contaminants by an optical sorting system, which operates based on light. These shards are…
