The Unverpackt e.V. – Verband der Unverpackt-Läden is the professional association of packaging-free shops in Germany and the German-speaking EU, which was founded on 21 April 2018 in Nuremberg.
The purpose of the association is, among other things, to promote the interests of its members and a fair and public welfare-oriented economy. The Zero Waste philosophy as well as the awareness for environmental problems and waste avoiding ways of consumption and economy are to be strengthened. The association realises its purpose in particular by the expression of the common positions and interests of its members opposite politics, economics and society, by public work, as well as by exchange of information and experience with the members.