Disposal of batteries

Environment and disposal

Disposal of old batteries

In connection with the sale of batteries or rechargeable batteries, or devices that are operated with batteries or rechargeable batteries, we as a dealer are obliged under the Battery Act to inform about the relevant regulations and obligations:

Old batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. Consumers are legally obliged to take batteries to a suitable collection point at a retailer or local authority. The disposal is free of charge for you. You can also send your used batteries back to us. The batteries/rechargeable batteries must always be returned to us with sufficient postage:

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batteries may contain pollutants or heavy metals that can harm the environment and health. Batteries also contain valuable raw materials that can be recycled .

The garbage can means: Batteries and rechargeable batteries must not be disposed of in household waste.

The symbols under the garbage cans stand for:
Pb : Battery contains lead
Cd : Battery contains cadmium
Hg : Battery contains mercury

           Pb  CD  Hg

You can also read this information again in the documents accompanying the delivery of goods or in the operating instructions of the respective device manufacturer.

Further information on the Battery Act can be found in the consumer area of the Foundation for the Joint Battery Take-Back System (GRS) [www.grs-batterien.de] .

Electrical and electronic equipment

Separate collection of old equipment

Electrical and electronic devices that have become waste are referred to as old devices. Owners of old devices must dispose of them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Old devices in particular do not belong in household waste, but in special collection and return systems. 

Batteries and rechargeable batteries

Owners of old devices must, as a rule, separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed in the old device from it before handing them in at a collection point. This does not apply if the old devices are handed in to public waste disposal authorities and are separated there from other old devices in preparation for reuse.

Options for returning old devices

Owners of old devices from private households can hand them in at the collection points of the public waste disposal authorities or at the collection points set up by manufacturers or distributors in accordance with the ElektroG . An online directory of collection and collection points can be found here: https://www.ear-system.de/ear-verzeichnis/sammel-und-ruecknahmestellen.jsf

Privacy Notice 

Old devices often contain sensitive personal data. This is especially true for information and telecommunications technology devices such as computers and smartphones. In your own interest, please note that each end user is responsible for deleting the data on the old devices to be disposed of.

Meaning of the symbol “crossed-out garbage can”

The symbol of a crossed-out garbage bin regularly shown on electrical and electronic equipment indicates that the device in question must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of its life.