Instructions for battery disposal

Information on handling old devices

The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) contains a large number of requirements for handling electrical and electronic equipment. The most important are summarized here.

Separate collection of old devices

Electrical and electronic equipment that has become waste is referred to as waste equipment. Owners of old devices must collect them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Old devices do not belong in the household waste, but in special collection and return systems.

batteries and accumulators

As a rule, owners of old devices must separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed by the old device from it before handing them over to a collection point. This does not apply if the old devices are handed over to public waste disposal authorities and are separated there from other old devices in order to prepare them for reuse.

Free take-back of old batteries

Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return old batteries so that professional disposal can be guaranteed. You can hand in used batteries to a municipal collection point or to local retailers. As a battery distributor, we are also obliged to take back old batteries, whereby our take-back obligation is limited to old batteries of the type that we have or have had as new batteries in our range. You can either return old batteries of the aforementioned type to us with sufficient postage or hand them in free of charge directly to our shipping warehouse at the address given in the imprint.

Meaning of the battery symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out garbage can (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. For batteries that contain more than 0.0005 percent by mass of mercury, more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium or more than 0.004 percent by mass of lead, the chemical name of the pollutant used is located under the garbage can symbol - "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb " stands for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.

Possibilities of returning old devices

Owners of old devices from private households can hand them in at the collection points of the public waste disposal authorities or at the collection points set up by manufacturers or distributors within the meaning of the ElektroG. An online directory of the collection and return points can be found here: https://www.ear-system.de/ear-verzeichnis/collection-und-ruecknahmestellen.jsf

Privacy Notice

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. Meaning of the "crossed-out wheelie bin" symbol The symbol of a crossed-out wheelie bin, which is regularly displayed on electrical and electronic equipment, indicates that the respective device must be collected separately from unsorted waste at the end of its service life.

Manufacturer Registration Number

As a manufacturer within the meaning of the ElektroG, we are registered with the competent Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register under the following registration number:

Registration number of the EAR: WEEE reg. no. DE 43541249

Information on handling old batteries

Since our shipments may contain batteries and accumulators, we are obliged under the Battery Act (BattG) to point out the following to you: Batteries and accumulators may not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries and accumulators. Old batteries can contain harmful substances that can damage the environment or your health if not stored or disposed of properly. Batteries also contain important raw materials such as e.g. B. iron, zinc, manganese or nickel and can be recycled.

You can return the batteries to us after use in two ways:

Hand in at the acceptance point

LaptopsFair
Alte Hellersdorfer Strasse 136
12629 Berlin
Germany
Opening times: Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m

Upon request, you will receive a receipt for proper disposal on the spot.

Postal return

Software Fair KSP GmbH
Alte Hellersdorfer Strasse 136
12629 Berlin
Germany

Only properly franked shipments will be accepted. If you need a receipt, please provide your email address for the transmission of the receipt. You as a consumer are under no obligation to request or keep such a receipt.