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?
Is the packaging retail packaging, grouped packaging or shipment packaging?
… of sales units with packaging that is subject to system participation: 500g tub of margarine …
02-040_Confectionery__snack_foods.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
15-000_Surface_finishes.pdf
Is it reusable packaging or single-use beverage packaging subject to deposit?
… and encouraged by an appropriate incentive system, usually a sufficiently high deposit. For…
Distinguishing between manufacturers & producers
… producer responsibility. For packaging subject to system participation in Germany, that means: registering…
ZSVR_Recycling-rates_2018-2022.pdf
… since 1 January 2022 and no longer have to undergo system participation. Autumn 2022 brought a recession: as…
02-110_Dry_goods.pdf
Contact the ZSVR's support hotline
… about how to fulfil your registration or system participation requirement. Please note…
06-000_Crop_protection_and_agricultural_supplies.pdf
Fachinformation_Import_EN.pdf
… packaging that is filled with goods and subject to system participation Across Europe, the producer of a…
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.