If you ship to EU consumers, you'll need to report your packaging data to an EPR scheme. That might be LUCID in Germany, Citeo in France, or CONAI in Italy.
This guide sets out what packaging we use on your orders and what it weighs, so you can complete your reporting.
Who reports what
We're your fulfilment provider, not the merchant of record. This means you're the seller to the end customer, the goods are branded to you, and the parcel goes onto the EU market under your name. Under both the PPWR and the national EPR schemes, the registration and reporting obligation sits with you as the seller.
In Germany this is now explicit. From 12 August 2026, LUCID registration is a personal obligation you complete in your own name. You can't report under a fulfilment provider's registration number, and we can't report on your behalf.
In practice this means:
If you ship to EU consumers, you need to be registered with the packaging EPR scheme in each destination country.
If you're based outside the EU, most schemes require you to appoint an Authorised Representative in that country.
Marketplaces (Amazon, Etsy, eBay) are required to verify these registrations and may suspend listings without a valid registration number.
We'll continue to supply plain, unbranded outer packaging as part of the fulfilment service. This doesn't transfer the registration obligation to us.
We can tell you what packaging leaves us with your orders, and what it weighs.
If you're not sure where you stand, we'd strongly recommend confirming your position with a packaging compliance specialist (Ecoveritas, Valpak, Reconomy and Lizenzero all offer this).
The packaging we use
To Every order goes out with an outer packaging item, and products also have something inner or protective. Weights are per item, in grams.
Outer packaging (COMING SOON)
Packaging item | Size / spec | Material | Recycling code | Weight (g) |
Mailing bag, small | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Mailing bag, medium | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Mailing bag, large | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Cardboard box, small | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Cardboard box, medium | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Cardboard box, large | [dimensions] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Other packaging (COMING SOON)
Packaging item | Used for | Material | Recycling code | Weight (g) |
Tissue paper | [products] | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Packing tape | Per parcel | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Address label | Per parcel | [material] | [code] | [weight] |
Packaging weight by product type
It's usually easier to work from a per-product figure than to add the components up yourself. Below is the total packaging weight for a single-item order of each product type.
Multi-item orders don't scale in a straight line, as several garments will ship in one bag. Count the outer packaging once and the inner packaging once per item.
So three t-shirts in one medium mailing bag would be one medium mailing bag, one shipping label, and tape.
Product type | Outer packaging | Inner packaging | Total packaging weight (g) |
T-shirts | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Hoodies & Sweatshirts | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Caps | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Beanies | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Tote bag | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Mug | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Framed print | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Unframed print | [outer] | [inner] | [total] |
Working out your totals
Schemes ask for the total weight you've placed on the market, split by material and by country, for a set reporting period. To get these figures:
Export your order data for the reporting period, filtered to the destination country. Most platforms let you do this from your orders page.
Group the orders by product type and item count.
Multiply each group by the relevant packaging from the tables above.
Total it up by material rather than by packaging item. Schemes report in material classes such as paper/board, plastic, glass, aluminium, steel, wood and composites.
Keep your workings. Schemes can audit, and above certain volumes Germany requires a verified completeness declaration. A saved spreadsheet showing how you got to each figure will support any audit requests.
Some things to watch:
Only count packaging that reaches the end customer.
Bulk packaging we take in from our own suppliers, and anything binned in our warehouse, isn't yours to report. It never goes onto the market under your name.Report per destination country.
A LUCID registration covers Germany only. Orders to France, Italy, Spain and elsewhere need their own registrations and their own reports.
What we can and can't help with
We can help with the packaging weights and materials above, your order volumes by destination country, and confirming what packaging went out on a specific order.
We can't advise on whether you need to register, which scheme applies to you, how to fill in a scheme's forms, or what your fees will come to. We're not able to give compliance advice, and it's an expensive thing to get wrong so we'd recommend speaking to a packaging compliance specialist if you have any questions.
If the data for order volume by country isn't available from your e-commerce platform, reach out to our support team and we can try to help. We keep order data on file in compliance with UK law, and so we may be able to provide order volume data on request.
Last reviewed: 17/08/2027.
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Packaging specs change from time to time, so check back before each reporting period or get in touch to confirm you're working from current figures.