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.
Case_report_02_2025_Online_pharmacy.pdf
… make up for five years of non-compliance with the system participation requirement, paying millions…
Practical information on auditing declarations of completeness
… duly participated their packaging with a system and paid for that packaging's recycling. …
33-000_Print_media.pdf
…Edition 2023 System participation requirement catalogue Definition sheet with explanations: Product group no. …
12-000_Adhesives.pdf
Drop shipping
… are selling. They also do not have to conclude a system participation agreement or report their packaging…
Videos
… explainer videos on important topics including system participation, the ZSVR's duties and using our…
I am running a craft enterprise
… Register, participate your packaging with a system and report your packaging…
02-130_Fats___oils.pdf
I am running a retail store
… Register, participate your packaging with a system and report your packaging volumes. is…
Statutory amendments enter into force, fostering transparency and fairness
No one can shirk from their responsibilities any longer: on 1 July 2022, amendments to the Verpackungsgesetz (Packaging Act) entered into force that include various changes for initial distributors
