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.
Producer responsibility 2.0 – for packaging in online retail and takeaway consumption
Everybody has to register and live up to their producer responsibility: the amended version of the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act), which enters into force on 1 July 2022, is the legislator's
ZSVR publishes new minimum standard - 2022 edition
… Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA). Compared to…
20220901_PM_Minimum_Standard_2022_edition.pdf
20241202_Press_release_Companies_risking_distribution_ban.pdf
… at risk – they are undermining packaging…
Companies risking distribution ban: recycling requirements for packaging by 31 December
ZSVR_recycling_rates_2018-2021.pdf
… increase of around 3 %. 1 Recycling rates…
Is registration for multiple companies (associated companies, group) possible?
… to check who can undertake registration and/or…
ZSVR_Recycling-rates_2018_2020_EN.pdf
… indication that underparticipation is…
Can an appointed third party (broker, auditor, consultant, chamber of foreign trade) with power of attorney (or similar authority) undertake system participation on behalf of a producer (within Germany or abroad)?
… They can only undertake system…
2018 Clearing Contracts
…The discussion currently underway about clearing contracts…
