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.
20250320_PR_Court_confirms_catalogue_setting_precedent.pdf
…PRESS RELEASE Catalogue of packaging subject to system participation confirmed in the court of first instance, setting…
Press & media section
… Press releases Recycling rates and actual system participation Facts, figures and media…
Declaration of completeness audit guidelines
… classification decisions and confirm that the system participation requirement catalogue constitutes an…
17-000_Commercial_salt__industrial_salt__de-icing_salt.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
When is packaging considered to typically accumulate as waste with private final consumers?
… ice lolly itself is, however, packaging subject to system participation. The Zentrale Stelle…
20240319_PR_Catalogue_in_english.pdf
… version of the catalogue of packaging subject to system participation Osnabrück, 19 March 2024 New support…
Court decisions
… classification of packaging as being subject to system participation, the appropriate course of action is…
Example_online-retailer.pdf
… with the LUCID Packaging Register — Conclude a system participation agreement with a system operator to…
Using an XML interface to upload your data
… Companies using packaging that is subject to system participation to distribute their goods, i.e.…
40-000_Other_technical_products.pdf
