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 PPWR and its implementation, beginning with the definition of “producer”. This page will be updated regulary.
Amended version of the Verpackungsgesetz entered into force on 3 July
LUCID Packaging Register's first phase of expansion starts: closing the gap for marketplaces and international importers.
202311_Hintergrundinformation_Marktanteilsberechnungskonzept_2023.pdf
… sowie der Prüfleitlinie Systemprüfer veröffentlicht Stand: November 2023 1 …
20190902_PM_Minimum_standard_published.pdf
… Register – ZSVR) and is addressed to (dual) systems. The (dual) systems are the organisers of packaging…
Recyclability of packaging
… The Verpackungsgesetz support this by requiring system operators to create financial incentives for…
20211118_PM_From_single-use_packaging_to_the_circular_economy.pdf
… design Recycling volumes from the dual system once again increased by 8.4 percent in 2020. The…
20201118_PM_Annual_balance_the_LUCID_Packaging_Register.pdf
… More than 75 percent of all packaging finances the system of yellow bags and yellow bins, contributing to high…
2021_Pruefleitlinien_Systempruefer.pdf
…Stand: 09.12.2021 Prüfleitlinien Systemprüfer zur Meldung und Bestätigung von systembeteiligungspflichtigen…
20210702_PM_Amended_version_Verpackungsgesetz.pdf
… packaging if the packaging participates in a system and has been registered in the LUCID Packaging…
Bodies & committees
… financing the private sector's waste management system should be represented accordingly. Other producers…
20180906_PM_Start_des_Verpackungsregisters_LUCID.pdf
… ab dem 1. Januar 2019 nicht mehr verkaufen. Das System der Produktverantwortung sorgt dafür, dass die…
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.