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Disposal
KNAUER
10D User Manual V7670, Version 2.3
Disposal
Hand in old devices or disassembled old components at a certi-
fied waste facility, where they will be disposed of properly.
AVV marking in Ger-
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According to the German "Abfallverzeichnisverordnung" (AVV)
(January, 2001), old devices manufactured by KNAUER are
marked as waste electrical and electronic equipment: 160214
WEEE registration
KNAUER as a company is registered by the WEEE number DE
34642789 in the German "Elektroaltgeräteregister" (EAR). The
number belongs to category 8.
All distributors and importers are responsible for the disposal of
old devices, as defined by the WEEE directive . End-users can
send their old devices manufactured by KNAUER back to the dis-
tributor, the importer, or the company free of charge, but
would be charged for the disposal.
Solvents and other oper-
ating materials
All solvents and other operating materials must be collected sep-
arately and disposed of properly.
All wetted components of a device, e. g. flow cells of detectors
or pump heads and pressure sensors for pumps, have to be
flushed with isopropanol first and water afterwards before being
maintained, disassembled or disposed.
Decontamination
Contamination of devices with toxic, infectious or radio-active
substances poses a hazard for all persons (directly or indirectly
involved) during operation, repair, sale, and disposal of a device.
DANGER!
Danger if getting in contact with toxic, infectious
or radio-active substances.
Before disposing off or sending away contami-
nated devices, commission an expert with the
decontamination.
All contaminated devices must be properly decontaminated by a
specialist company or the operating company before they can
be recommissioned, repaired, sold, or disposed of.
All materials or fluids used for decontamination must be col-
lected separately and disposed of properly.
