You can find information about the law on the marketing, return and high-quality recovery of packaging on the website of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

www.bmuv.de

You can find all the details about the declaration of completeness on the website of the Central Agency Packaging Register.

www.verpackungsregister.org

GVÖ is a community of 38 shareholders and more than 250 licence partners. As a recycling organisation for sales packaging in the mineral oil industry, we organise the nationwide collection and recycling of used, fully emptied cans, canisters and drums, simply through the GVÖ take-back system.

The following applies to collection points:
According to the German Packaging Act (VerpackG), packaging, e.g. oil cans, are subject to strict conditions and regulations regarding the take-back obligation. The GVÖ is the recovery company for packaging of the mineral oil industry, which relieves you of your take-back and recovery obligation as well as the obligation to produce supporting documents. The GVÖ take-back system is financed by the licence partners. For you as a collection point, the service is free of charge. Simply register online - and you will already benefit from the perfect take-back service of the GVÖ.

The following applies to consumers:
Return the empty containers undamaged and sealed to the place where they were purchased.

Do not dispose of oil containers in the yellow recycling bag, the yellow recycling bin or household waste after use. Residual oil can contaminate soil and water if disposed of improperly.

Retail outlets selling products from GVÖ licence partners take back the empty containers free of charge and pass them on to GVÖ. GVÖ then organises recycling at certified specialist facilities.

The materials from the containers are processed and used as raw materials for new products.

GVÖ is a community of 38 shareholders and more than 250 licence partners. As a recycling organisation, we organise the nationwide collection and recycling of used, fully emptied cans, canisters and drums.

The packaging is collected and recycled by certified waste management companies. The process is documented in accordance with legal requirements.

The GVÖ take back system is financed by its licence partners. The service is free of charge for participating collection points.

GVÖ collects your used, completely emptied packaging up to a capacity of 65 litres/kilogram, regardless of their brand.

Depending on demand. If your collection points have collected at least 4 units, i.e. full GVÖ bags and/or empty garage drums, they can commission the collection.

Collection points are all companies where sales packaging of mineral oils, greases, radiator antifreeze, additives and similar oil-based products accumulate. For example: petrol stations, workshops, specialist shops and wholesale markets, mineral oil trade, commercial/industrial partners.

As a sales partner or collection point of a GVÖ licence partner, you can easily register several locations as collection point via our office. Please contact us, we will be happy to advise you. Please use our contact form or call us. Telephone: +49 40 280859 – 0

GVÖ organises recycling at certified specialist facilities. The plastic from the collected containers is processed into granulate. This granulate can be used as a raw material for new products.

According to the German Packaging Act (VerpackG), packaging, e.g. oil cans, are subject to strict requirements and regulations regarding the take-back obligation. With a GVÖ system participation, you assign these to a reliable partner and thus fully meet your legal obligations.

Furthermore: you offer your collection points a convenient, free full service in all aspects of packaging take-back and disposal. GVÖ also takes care of the prescribed documentation on recovery jointly for all participants. The system fee covers all costs for the take-back, recovery and documentation of your oil packaging placed on the German market.

GVÖ thus relieves you of the legal obligation to take back, recover and document. There is no simpler and more convenient way to fulfil the legal requirements for the collection and disposal of empty packaging.