The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) and the Battery Act (BattG) contain a large number of requirements for handling electrical and electronic equipment. The most important information on the return and disposal of B2B waste electrical and electronic equipment and used batteries is summarized here.
Electrical and electronic equipment that has become waste is referred to as old equipment. Owners of old equipment must dispose of it separately from unsorted municipal waste. In particular, old appliances do not belong in household waste, but in special collection and return systems.
As a rule, owners of waste equipment must separate spent batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed in the waste equipment, as well as lamps that can be removed from the waste equipment without causing damage, from the waste equipment before handing it over to a collection point. This does not apply if old equipment is prepared for reuse with the participation of a public waste management authority.
In order to provide opportunities for the return of old equipment, we cooperate with several qualified recycling companies. If a device manufactured by us has become an end-of-life device and you would like to return it, please contact us and fill out the questionnaire: https://www.intra2net.com/en/recycling/
Old devices often contain sensitive personal data. This applies in particular to information and telecommunications technology devices such as computers and smartphones. In your own interest, please note that each end user is responsible for deleting the data on the old devices to be disposed of.
The symbol of a crossed-out trash can regularly depicted on electrical and electronic equipment indicates that the respective device must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of its service life. |
Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obligated to return used batteries so that proper disposal can be ensured. You can return used batteries to a municipal collection point or to your local retailer.
Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out garbage can. This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. For batteries that contain more than 0.0005 mass percent mercury, more than 0.002 mass percent cadmium or more than 0.004 mass percent lead, the chemical designation of the respective pollutant is located below the trash can symbol - "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" stands for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.