What will German packaging EPR cost me?
Enter the kilos you place on the German market and this works out what the dual system will charge, across every operator we have rates for. The licence fee is the scheme’s, not ours — we pass it through at cost — so this is the number that actually varies.
Don't know your kilograms? Start from your parcels
Weigh one empty parcel as you ship it (box, filling, tape, label) and split the grams by material. The kilograms below fill in for you.
Your packaging, per year
Kilograms placed on the German market. An estimate is fine; leave a material blank if you do not use it.
What it would cost
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The published rates
Per kilo, by material and operator, read on 2026-09-21. These are the figures the calculator uses.
| Material | Lizenzero (Interzero) | VerpackGO (Der Grüne Punkt) | Landbell | Reclay activate | zmart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper, board, carton | 0.2880 | 0.3301 | 0.3040 | 0.2700 | 0.2160 |
| Plastic | 1.1730 | 1.6116 | 1.3900 | 1.4072 | 0.9751 |
| Glass | 0.0865 | 0.1329 | 0.1030 | 0.0922 | 0.0854 |
| Ferrous metals | 1.0810 | 1.5065 | 1.0500 | 1.3302 | 0.9653 |
| Aluminium | 1.0810 | 1.5491 | 1.0900 | 1.3473 | 0.9751 |
| Beverage cartons | 1.0810 | 1.5551 | 1.1500 | 0.8514 | 0.9653 |
| Other composites | 1.0810 | 1.5727 | 1.4000 | 0.8172 | 0.9653 |
| Other materials | 0.1012 | 0.1655 | 0.1300 | 0.0434 | 0.0808 |
Derived by driving each operator’s public calculator with 1,000 kg of a single material, so the result clears their minimum-fee floors. Discount codes, where an operator publishes one, are applied.
Selling into Germany from abroad?
The new EU packaging law (PPWR) has applied since 12 August 2026. Four questions tell you whether it makes you appoint a representative in Germany — including when it does not.