Information for battery disposal

Information on battery disposal

In connection with the sale of batteries or the delivery of devices containing batteries, we are obliged to inform you of the following:
 
Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste.
 
You can either return used batteries that we carry or have carried in our range as new batteries to us at your own expense or return them free of charge to our shipping warehouse (shipping address). Alternatively, you can hand in the batteries at your local collection points.
 
As an end user, you are legally obliged to return used batteries so that they can be recycled or disposed of properly.
 
Used batteries may contain harmful substances that can damage the environment or your health if not stored or disposed of properly. However, batteries also contain important raw materials such as iron, zinc, manganese or nickel and can be recycled.
 
The symbols on the batteries have the following meanings:
 
The symbol of the crossed-out wheelie bin means that the battery must not be disposed of with household waste.
 
For batteries containing a certain amount of lead, cadmium or mercury, the following additions below the symbol with the crossed-out wheelie bin indicate the respective pollutants:
 
Pb = Battery contains more than 0.004% lead by weight
Cd = Battery contains more than 0.002% cadmium by weight
Hg = Battery contains more than 0.0005% mercury by weight
 
Information on the costs involved in accordance with Article 56 (4) of the EU Battery Regulation (Regulation 2023/1542) can be found at the ‘Batterie-Zurück’ initiative.
 
Please pay attention to the above instructions.

Notes on the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment

Electrical and electronic devices marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol must not be disposed of with household waste. They contain substances that can harm the environment and health if disposed of improperly, and at the same time raw materials that can be recycled. Please therefore hand in old devices separately from unsorted municipal waste.

Return options

  • You can send your old device to us: [Firmenname, Anschrift]. You bear the shipping costs yourself. We will ensure proper disposal.
  • You can hand in old devices free of charge at the collection points of the public waste management authorities, e.g. at your local recycling centre.
  • Components that we replace during repairs or upgrades in our workshop are automatically disposed of properly by us. You don’t need to do anything else.

Batteries and rechargeable batteries
Before handing in the device, please remove old batteries and rechargeable batteries that are not enclosed by the device, as well as lamps that can be removed without destroying them, and dispose of them separately.

Batteries and rechargeable batteries containing lithium can catch fire or explode if damaged, short-circuited or stored improperly. Therefore protect the terminals, e.g. by taping them over, and do not put damaged or swollen rechargeable batteries into household waste or the recycling bin.

Personal data
You are responsible for deleting personal data on old devices yourself before returning them.