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.
20200727_PM_Use-of-recyclates-is-essential-for-meeting-recycling-quotas.pdf
… manufacturers. • Ms Gunda Rachut, Chair of the…
Use of recyclates is essential for meeting recycling quotas
… manufacturers. Ms Gunda Rachut, Chair of the…
20230130_PR_Gunda_Rachut_re-elected_as_Chair_of_the_ZSVR.pdf
…PRESS RELEASE Gunda Rachut re-elected as Chair of the ZSVR…
Gunda Rachut re-elected as Chair of the ZSVR
…Gunda Rachut will remain at the helm of the Zentrale Stelle…
20230904_PR_Minimum_standard_2023_-_high-quality_recycling_requires_sustainable_packaging_design_and_recycling_infrastructure.pdf
… Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA), the Zentrale…
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.
20231120_PR_Court_confirms_ZSVRs_strike_off_of_expert_from_the_register_of_auditors.pdf
… Auditors who undertake work under the…
20250320_PR_Court_confirms_catalogue_setting_precedent.pdf
… ZSVR’s classification undertaken using the…
Catalogue of packaging subject to system participation confirmed in the court of first instance, setting precedent and sending a signal
Market shares
… conducting audits under the Verpackungsgesetz…
