COUNTRY EPR FEE GUIDE
Public packaging fees, organisations and source documents for Germany, with QA-checked English where available and the official tariff wording always retained.
In Germany, packaging EPR fees are charged per kilogram of each material, with the rate set by the material and often its recyclability. Gramta holds 13 current pricing records from 10 named organisations or government fee systems; the dataset was updated 24 Aug 2026. No listed organisation currently offers a public weight-based rate suitable for an estimate. Where a price is negotiated or unpublished, this page says so instead of inventing a figure.
Dataset updated 24 Aug 2026
Maintained by Daniel VaknineLast full review 22 Aug 2026
Market pricing note
Germany has no universal per-material tariff. Never use one dual system as the German default.
Add each material you place on the Germany market and its yearly weight for a sourced ballpark. The full reference below lists every published rate, including unit, fixed, formula and quote-only methods.
A producer responsibility organisation (PRO) collects packaging fees and reports recycling obligations. Choose the organisation named in your contract or registration. Gramta never guesses one for you.
Germany runs a competitive producer-responsibility system, so a business chooses and pays one PRO. 10 are active in the dataset: Bellandvision, DSD, EKO Punkt, Interzero and 6 more. Their material scopes and prices differ, so the right one is the PRO named in your Germany registration or contract. Registration and the definitive list of approved organisations sit with the national register, linked in the organisations section below.
In Germany, the current published prices are quote-only or formula-based, so there is no simple per-kilogram rate to multiply. Each organisation's verified pricing method and primary source is listed below.
A producer responsibility organisation (PRO) is the organisation a business joins and pays to meet packaging recycling obligations. Some countries instead use a government fee system. Use the name from your contract or registration.
The fee lines below come straight from the canonical source records. QA-checked English translations appear first where available; the official local wording, code, charging method and primary source remain visible for verification. A draft translation is never shown as finished.
Official Germany packaging register
Registration and the definitive list of approved organisations are held by the national authority.
Official name: BellandVision GmbH
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Packaging licensingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerpackungslizenzierungHow this line applies: Official web shop calculates a scheme-specific price from the submitted packaging quantities; no universal static tariff is substituted. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Der Grüne Punkt - Duales System Deutschland GmbH
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Sales packagingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerkaufsverpackungenHow this line applies: Official licensing route provides contract/calculated pricing, not a universal public per-material schedule. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: EKO-PUNKT GmbH & Co. KG
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Dual-system packaging licensingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: Verpackungslizenzierung Duales SystemHow this line applies: Official page routes producers to dual-system licensing/online calculation; no universal static tariff is published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Interzero Recycling Alliance GmbH (Lizenzero)
Published minimum or base fee: 39 EUR per year
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| from EUR 39/yearPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: schon ab 39 EUR/JahrHow this line applies: Published entry price on the system's own shop. Lizenzero is NOT a third-party reseller: its Impressum names Interzero Recycling Alliance GmbH and ZSVR lists the system as 'Interzero Recycling Alliance GmbH / / Lizenzero', so this is first-party evidence.Source confidence is not high. Check the original document before relying on this line. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
| Packaging licensingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerpackungslizenzierungHow this line applies: Costs depend on packaging material and weight; no public universal per-material tariff appears in the cited official material. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Landbell AG für Rückhol-Systeme
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Packaging licensingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerpackungslizenzierungHow this line applies: EasyShop calculates prices from producer inputs; no universal static tariff is published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Noventiz Dual GmbH
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Licence calculatorPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: LizenzrechnerHow this line applies: Official order flow calculates contract pricing from quantities; no universal static tariff is published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: PreZero Dual GmbH
Published minimum or base fee: 79 EUR per year
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Licence calculatorPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: LizenzrechnerHow this line applies: Official licence calculator/contract route; no universal static tariff is published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
| Volume-independent minimum pricePrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: mengenunabhängiger MindestpreisHow this line applies: A published quantity-independent minimum, NOT a tariff. The per-material rate is still computed server-side by the Lizenzrechner and is not published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Reclay Systems GmbH / activate by Reclay
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Packaging licensingPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerpackungslizenzierungHow this line applies: Price is calculated for the selected materials and quantities in the provider's shop; no universal tariff is published on the cited page. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Recycling Dual GmbH
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| Packaging licencePrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: VerpackungslizenzHow this line applies: Official licensing page offers consultation and system participation, not a public universal tariff. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
Official name: Zentek GmbH & Co. KG
Published minimum or base fee: 59 EUR per year
| Material or tariff line | Scope | Published rate | Effective period | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All packaging | ||||
| from €59 per yearPrice from quote or external calculatorOfficial tariff wording: Ab 59 € pro JahrHow this line applies: Published entry price on the operator's own zmart portal ('ab' = from), not a tariff. Zentek's AGB confirm a Mindestbestellwert exists but do not print it. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
| Sales packagingPrice from quote or external calculatorHow this line applies: Official page routes small volumes to zmart and larger producers to a personal quote; no universal public tariff is published. | Sales packaging for private final consumers | Price supplied by quote or an external calculator | Open primary sourceChecked 22 Aug 2026 | |
The number above is a rough guide for one scheme. Filing for real means doing this for every material and every country you sell into, adding the extra fees on top, and getting it exactly right, year after year.
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Packaging EPR fees in Germany are charged per kilogram of each material, with the rate set by the material and often its recyclability grade. The total also depends on the organisation or government system you use, the packaging scope and the weight. This page lists 13 current pricing records and calculates the weight-based rates directly; negotiated or unpublished prices are marked, never guessed.
Use the producer responsibility organisation named in your Germany registration or contract. The known options in Germany are Bellandvision, DSD, EKO Punkt, Interzero and 6 more. Where several compete, their prices and packaging scopes differ, so Gramta lists them but never selects a default for a business.
Packaging EPR in Germany is overseen by a national register and authority, linked from the organisations section of this page. You register there, then join or contract a producer responsibility organisation to meet the obligation. Gramta links the official register so you can confirm the current approved organisations yourself.
Most sellers in Germany face both frameworks. Packaging EPR sets the recycling fees on this page; the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) adds design rules and a Declaration of Conformity that applies EU-wide, Germany included. They run in parallel, and a product's recyclability grade increasingly drives the EPR fee under both.
The Germany dataset was updated 24 Aug 2026. Every fee line also carries its own effective period, checked date and primary-source link. Expired fee lines are excluded from the current calculator.