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Information on the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment

In connection with the sale of electrical and electronic equipment, we are obliged to draw your attention to the following:

  1. All electrical appliances that can be used in private households are marked with the symbol of the crossed-out wheeled garbage can.

    crossed-out wheeled garbage can


    The symbol of the crossed-out wheeled garbage can according to Annex 3 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act means separate collection from unsorted municipal waste of electrical and electronic equipment.

  2. The owners of old appliances must dispose of them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Old appliances must not be disposed of with household waste.

  3. Used batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed in the old equipment, as well as lamps that can be removed from the old equipment without destroying it, must be separated from the old equipment without destroying it before being handed in at a collection point.

  4. Distributors under Section 17 of the ElektroG, i.e. those with a sales area for electrical and electronic equipment of at least 400 square meters and distributors of foodstuffs with a total sales area of at least 800 square meters who offer and make available electrical and electronic equipment on the market several times in a calendar year or on a permanent basis, are obligated to take back WEEE free of charge as follows:

    a. When acquiring a new electrical or electronic appliance, distributors subject to take-back obligations are obliged to take back free of charge an old appliance of the same type that fulfills essentially the same functions as the new appliance at the place of delivery or in the immediate vicinity thereof. The place of delivery is also the private household, provided that the delivery takes place there by delivery.

    b. Upon your request, distributors shall also take back free of charge old appliances that do not exceed 25 centimeters in any external dimension. The take-back is not linked to the purchase of an electrical or electronic device and is limited to three old devices per type of device.

    c. Insofar as the contract has been concluded via the use of remote communication media, free collection is limited to electrical and electronic equipment in categories 1 (heat transmitters), 2 (screens, monitors and equipment containing screens with a surface area of more than 100 square centimeters) and 4 (large appliances). Take-back for electrical and electronic equipment in categories 3 (lamps), 5 (small appliances) and 6 (small IT and telecommunications equipment) and old equipment with dimensions of up to 25 centimeters is to be ensured by providing suitable return facilities at a reasonable distance from you.

    An overview of the equipment categories and the equipment covered in each case can be found at:
    https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/elektrog_2015/anlage_1.html

  5. For private households, the return is possible at the municipal collection points of your city or municipality. The following link will provide you with an online directory of collection and return points in your area:
    https://www.ear-system.de/ear-verzeichnis/sammel-und-ruecknahmestellen

  6. We would like to expressly point out that end users themselves are responsible for deleting personal data on the old devices to be disposed of.

  7. We are also obliged to inform you about the annual information regarding the fulfillment of the quantitative targets according to § 10 paragraph 3 and § 22 paragraph 1 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act. You can view these here:
    https://www.bmu.de/themen/wasser-ressourcen-abfall/kreislaufwirtschaft/statistiken/elektro-und-elektronikaltgeraete

Please note the above information.

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