Blog Posts on germany packaging legislation
The new German Packaging Act - have you registered?
by Ellen Thornton at 13:14 in Emerging, Packaging under Environmental
In Germany, the new Packaging Act (VerpackG) came into effect on 1 January this year with more onerous obligations placed on companies with significantly more packaging that needs to be recycled. Obligated producers must have been registered with the new Central Office by 1 January through the packaging register LUCID or will face fines of up to 200,000 E...
Germany Packaging Act changes
by Emma Mundy at 14:45 in Environmental, Packaging under Environmental
If you're used to reading our regular updates you will already be aware that the German Packaging Act is changing from January 2019. This short blog aims to give you the low down on some of the important changes that may affect you and what you need to prepare for in the next 8 months. Registration requirement One of the changes that will affect produce...