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Notes on electrical and electronic (old) appliances
The following information is intended for private households that use electrical and/or electronic appliances. Please observe these important instructions in the interest of environmentally friendly disposal of and your own safety.
1. Notes on the disposal of (old) electrical and electronic equipment and the meaning of the symbol according to Annex 3 of the ElektroG
Owners of old appliances must dispose of them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Waste electrical and electronic equipment must therefore not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste and in particular does not belong in household waste. Instead, these old appliances, as well as used batteries and rechargeable batteries, must be collected separately and disposed of via the local municipal collection points or recycling centers for disposal.
Owners of old appliances must also separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed by the old appliance, as well as lamps that can be removed from the old appliance without destroying them, before handing them in at a collection point.
The latter does not apply if the waste equipment is separated from other waste equipment in accordance with Section 14 (4) sentence 4 or (5) sentences 2 and 3 ElektroG as part of the opting process by the public waste management authorities for the purpose of preparing it for reuse. The adjacent symbol according to Annex 3 of the ElektroG enables owners to recognize old appliances that are not to be disposed of with household waste at the end of their service life, but separately from unsorted municipal waste.
2. Notes on the options for returning old appliances
Owners of old appliances can dispose of them in the disposal facilities set up and made available by public waste management and available options for the return or collection of old appliances, so that proper disposal of the old appliances is ensured. If necessary, electrical and electronic equipment can also be handed in there for the purpose of for the purpose of reusing the appliances. Further information on this can be obtained from the respective collection or take-back point.
3. Note on returning old appliances
Owners of old appliances can arrange for them to be returned and disposed of via a service provider. Please complete the form and the declaration ia the following link form and the declaration. The costs for the return and disposal are borne by the manufacturer.
Some of the old appliances to be disposed of contain sensitive personal data (such as on a PC or smartphone) that must not fall into the hands of third parties.
We expressly point out that end users of old devices are responsible for deleting personal data on the old devices to be disposed of.
