The following applies from the date of transposition of European Directive 2012/19/EU into national law:

Electrical and electronic equipment may not be disposed of with household waste. Consumers are legally obliged to return electrical and electronic equipment and batteries at the end of their service life to the public collection points set up for this purpose or to the point of sale. Details are regulated by the respective national law. The symbol on the product, the instructions for use or the packaging indicates these regulations. By recycling, material recycling or other forms of recycling old devices, you are making an important contribution to protecting our environment.



Disposal of used batteries:

As the end user, you are legally obliged (BattG 2006/66/EU) to return all used rechargeable batteries; disposal with household waste is prohibited. Batteries containing hazardous substances are marked with the adjacent symbols, which indicate that disposal with household waste is prohibited. You can return your used rechargeable batteries free of charge to the collection points in your municipality or wherever batteries/rechargeable batteries are sold. In doing so, you are fulfilling your legal obligations and making your contribution to environmental protection.