Packaging EPR: who registers what

Extended producer responsibility (EPR) means that whoever first places packaging on the market in a country is responsible for its collection and recycling — usually by registering and paying into a compliance scheme. The obligation is attached to the market, not to the factory that made the packaging.

Who is the “producer”?

In most systems, it is the company that fills the packaging with goods and sells them in that country — often the brand or the retailer, and in cross-border e-commerce sometimes the foreign seller. A packaging factory abroad is rarely the obligated party.

Example: Germany

In Germany, the Packaging Act (VerpackG) requires obligated companies to register in the LUCID packaging register before placing packaging on the market, and to take part in a dual system for packaging that ends up with private consumers. Check the details and current requirements with the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister, the official authority.

Other countries

Most EU countries run their own EPR schemes with their own registers, categories and reporting. We deliberately do not list them here: confirm requirements with the national authority or a compliance scheme in each destination country.

How PACKbid handles it

When you post an order, you state who places this packaging on the market in the destination country. PACKbid shows a reminder for the destination with a link to an official source where one has been verified.