The symbol of the “crossed-out dustbin” means that you are legally obliged to dispose of these appliances separately from unsorted municipal waste. Disposal via household waste, such as the residual waste garbage can or the yellow garbage can, is prohibited. Avoid incorrect disposal by disposing of waste correctly at special collection and return points.

If the products contain batteries and rechargeable batteries or lamps that can be removed from the old appliance without causing damage, these must be removed before disposal and disposed of separately as batteries or lamps. 

Owners of old appliances can return them free of charge within the framework of the options set up and available by public waste disposal authorities for the return or collection of old appliances, so that proper disposal of the old appliances is ensured. In addition, under certain conditions, it is also possible to return them to distributors.

For distributors: The take-back must be free of charge with the purchase of a new appliance of the same type. (1:1 take-back) Irrespective of this, it is possible to return old appliances to the distributor free of charge. The prerequisite for this is that the external dimensions are no larger than 25 centimeters and the return is limited to three old appliances per appliance type (0:1 take-back).

Retail: Distributors with a sales area for electrical and electronic appliances of at least 400 square meters are obliged to take back used electrical appliances. In addition, food retailers with a total sales area of at least 800 square meters and who also sell electrical and electronic equipment several times per calendar year or on a permanent basis and make it available on the market are obliged to take it back.

Distribution: Distributors who sell their products using means of distance communication are obliged to take back old appliances if the storage and dispatch area for electrical and electronic equipment is at least 400 m².

B2B manufacturers: In the case of B2B devices, take-back does not have to be offered free of charge.

Owners of old appliances from private households can hand them in at the collection points of the public waste disposal authorities or at the take-back points set up by manufacturers or distributors in accordance with the ElektroG. You can find an online list of collection and take-back points here. You can access our take-back system here.

We would like to point out to all end users of waste electrical and electronic equipment that you are responsible for deleting personal data on the old equipment to be disposed of.

We are registered with the stiftung elektro-altgeräte register, Nordostpark 72, 90411 Nuremberg, Germany, as a producer of electrical and/or electronic equipment under the registration number DE 69751616.

According to the WEEE Directive, EU member states are obliged to collect data on waste electrical and electronic equipment and to transmit this data to the European Commission. You can find more information on this on the BMUV website.