Information on the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)

Information for private households and the return of old electrical and electronic equipment

The ElektroG implements the European WEEE Directive into German law. It regulates the placing on the market, return, and environmentally sound disposal of electrical and electronic equipment. The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) contains numerous requirements for the handling of electrical and electronic equipment. The most important ones are summarized here.

1. Separate collection of old equipment
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. Old equipment, in particular, does not belong in household waste, but in special collection and return systems.

2. Batteries and Rechargeable Batteries
Owners of old devices must generally separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed in the old device before disposing of them at a collection point. This does not apply if the old devices are handed over to public waste disposal authorities and separated from other old devices there for the purpose of preparation for reuse.

3. Options for Returning Old Devices
Owners of old devices from private households can hand them in at the collection points of public waste disposal authorities or at the take-back points established by manufacturers or distributors in accordance with the ElektroG. An online directory of collection and return points can be found here: https://www.stiftung-ear.de/ rel="noopener">https://www.ear-system.de/ear-verzeichnis/sammel-und-ruecknahmestellen.jsf

4. Meaning of the "Crossed-Out Dustbin" Symbol
The symbol of a crossed-out dustbin, which is regularly displayed on electrical and electronic devices, indicates that the device in question must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of its service life.

5. Manufacturer's Registration Number

As a manufacturer within the meaning of the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG), we are registered with the responsible Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register (Muster Str. 1, 28000 Musterhausen) under the following registration number: WEEE Reg. No. DE 39305368