The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) con-
tains a large number of requirements for the handling of
electrical and electronic equipment. The most important
ones are summarised here:
1. Separate collection of WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment that has become waste is re-
ferred to as WEEE. Owners of WEEE must dispose of it separately from
unsorted local waste. In particular, WEEE does not belong in household
waste, but in special collection and return systems.
2. Batteries and accumulators
As a rule, owners of WEEE must separate spent batteries and accumu-
lators that are not enclosed in the WEEE before handing them over at a
collection point. This does not apply if the WEEE is handed over to public
waste management authorities and separated from other WEEE there
for the purpose of preparation for reuse.
3. Options for returning old appliances (WEEE)
Owners of WEEE from private households can hand it in to public waste
management authorities or at the collection points set up by manufac-
turers or distributors as defined by the ElektroG. An online directory of
collection and collection points can be found here:
https://www.stiftung-ear.de/de/startseite
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