Regardless of whether it's product packaging or external packaging, you are responsible for all packaging that is disposed of at your customers' homes. This means that you must commission a dual system to collect, sort and recycle your packaging. This is done via a license agreement that you conclude for your packaging - preferably right here via Lizenzero. Your to-dos are completed by registering and reporting data in the LUCID packaging register. Find out more.
Use our examples to find out which packaging you are responsible for:
You sell your products yourself ex works and/or your products are sold to private end consumers via retailers*
You are responsible for the following packaging and require a packaging license for this:
- Product and external packaging with all components
*Private end consumers also include so-called equivalent sources of waste, such as petrol stations, museums, drinking establishments, etc.
You sell your products (additionally) online
You can find detailed answers and examples on online retail here: The Packaging Act in online retail
You send goods to German companies like cinemas, hotels or hospitals
If your customers belong to the so-called equivalent sources (e.g. sports stadiums, cinemas, hospitals, hotels, etc.), they are also to be considered private end users; according to the German Packaging Act, you are therefore responsible for licensing the following packaging:
- all packaging (product and/or shipping packaging) that you fill yourself
Packaging licensing that can do more
How it works
Calculate licence fee
Enter your packaging volumes per material in our calculator.
If you don't know your volumes, our calculation tool can help.
Create a Lizenzero account
The next step is to create your customer account.
This will give you access to many great services that will make your life easier (e.g. volume download for LUCID).
Close licence
Select your payment method and confirm the conclusion of the contract. That's it!
Achieve more
We not only recycle your packaging and thus save large volumes of greenhouse gases and primary raw materials, but also renaturalise a piece of moorland under the motto ‘We want Moore’.
You can find all the information here.
Achieve more
We not only recycle your packaging and thus save large volumes of greenhouse gases and primary raw materials, but also renaturalise a piece of moorland under the motto ‘We want Moore’.
You can find all the information here.
