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15. Instructions for battery disposal
In conjunction with the sale of batteries along with the supply of devices that in
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clude batteries, the supplier is obliged to point out the following to the customer:
The customer is legally obliged to return used batteries. The customer can return
used batteries which the supplier offers or has offered as new batteries in his as
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sortment free of charge to the supplier's dispatch warehouse (shipping address).
The symbols shown on the batteries indicate the following: Pb = battery contains
more than 0.004 percent lead by weight, Cd = battery contains more than 0.002
percent cadmium by weight, Hg = battery contains more than 0.0005 percent mer
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cury by weight.
The symbol of the crossed-out dustbin means that the
battery may not be disposed of in household waste.
