ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ACT (ELEKTROG/WEEE)

Disposal information: The following information is intended for private households that use electrical and/or electronic equipment. Please observe these important instructions in the interest of environmentally friendly disposal of old equipment and for your own safety. 1. Information on disposing of electrical and electronic equipment and the meaning of the symbol in Annex 3 to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG): Owners of old equipment must take it to a collection point separate from unsorted municipal waste. Electrical and electronic waste equipment must therefore not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste and, in particular, does not belong in household waste. Instead, this old equipment must be collected separately and disposed of through local collection and take-back systems, for example. Owners of old equipment must also separate used batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed within the old equipment before handing it in at a collection point. The latter does not apply if, under Section 14(5), sentences 2 and 3 of the ElektroG, old equipment is separated from other old equipment by public-law waste management authorities as part of an opt-in procedure for the purpose of preparing it for reuse. Owners can identify old equipment that must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste by the symbol in Annex 3 to the ElektroG. The symbol for the separate collection of electrical and electronic equipment depicts a crossed-out wheeled bin and is designed as follows: Disposal symbol 2. Information on options for returning old equipment: Owners of old equipment may return it using the options for returning or collecting old equipment set up and provided by public-law waste management authorities, to ensure that the old equipment is properly disposed of. In some cases, electrical and electronic equipment can also be handed in there for reuse. For more information, contact the relevant collection or take-back point. You can view an online directory of collection and take-back points at the following link: https://entsorgungsstellen.e-schrott-entsorgen.org/ Use with care. Always read the label and product information before use.