Information on the disposal of batteries and electrical/electronic equipment

ElektroG

The following information is aimed at those who use electrical and electronic equipment and no longer resell it in the form in which it was supplied to them (end users): The crossed-out waste bin symbol indicates that this electrical or electronic equipment must not be disposed of with household waste at the end of its service life (old equipment), but must be collected separately by the end user.

As a distributor of electrical and electronic appliances, we are also obliged to take back old appliances, although our take-back obligation is limited to old appliances of the type that we carry or have carried as new appliances in our range. You can therefore either return old appliances of the aforementioned type to us with sufficient postage or hand them in free of charge directly to our dispatch warehouse at the address given in the legal notice.

If the old device contains personal data, you are responsible for deleting it yourself before you return it. If this is not possible without destroying the old device, please remove the old batteries from it.

BattG

The following information is aimed at those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and no longer resell them in the form in which they were supplied (end users):

1. Take back used batteries free of charge

Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries so that proper disposal can be guaranteed. You can dispose of used batteries at a municipal collection centre or at your local retailer. As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries, whereby our obligation to take back batteries is limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range. You can therefore either return used batteries of the aforementioned type to us with sufficient postage or hand them in free of charge directly to our dispatch warehouse at the address given in the legal notice.

2. Meaning of the battery symbols

Batteries are labelled with the symbol of a crossed-out waste bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. For batteries that contain more than 0.0005 per cent mercury, more than 0.002 per cent cadmium or more than 0.004 per cent lead by mass, the chemical name of the pollutant used is shown under the waste bin symbol - "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" for lead and "Hg" for mercury.