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.
ZSVR presents Guidelines for the Assessment of the Recyclability of Packaging
Packaging which is only partially suitable for recycling, or which cannot be recycled as well, will be more expensive in Germany as of next year.
2025 minimum standard published – initial touchstone for companies preparing for the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
… Agency (Umweltbundesamt), the Zen-trale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register –…
API_Documentation_-_Register_excerpt.pdf
… excerpt, a login is needed at: https://registerabruf.verpackungsregister.org The XML file available through the…
Factsheet_significance_recyclates.pdf
… % recyclable. Publisher: Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, Öwer de Hase 18, 49074 Osnabrück, last…
Fact_sheet_data_reporting.pdf
… volumes Publisher: Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, Öwer de Hase 18, 49074 Osnabrück. Last…
Data reporting
… participated with them to the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging…
Anleitung_XML_Markennamen_EN.pdf
… 6 Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister | Foundation headquarters: City of…
Legal notice
… Broadcasting Treaty): Stiftung Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Foundation Central Agency Packaging…
Systems' market shares for the third quarter of 2020
…On 25 June 2020, the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) published the…
Consultation on the draft 2020 edition of the system participation requirement catalogue
In Germany, producer responsibility for packaging was introduced in 1993. However, until now many producers have failed to comply with this responsibility, either completely or in part.
