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14. Disposal
PACKAGING
Your device has been packaged to protect it from damage in transit. The
packaging is made of materials that can be recycled in an environmen-
tally friendly manner.
DEVICE (ONLY IN GERMANY)
All electrical or electronic devices marked with the symbol shown must
not be disposed of in normal household waste. Instead, the end con-
sumer must dispose of these devices at a collection point separately
from unsorted urban waste at the end of their service life.
End consumers must separate used batteries and accumulators that are
not enclosed in the waste equipment from the equipment, as well as
bulbs that can be removed from the waste equipment, without caus-
ing damage before it is handed over at a collection centre and taken to a
separate collection point.
Distributors with a sales area for electrical and electronic devices of at
least 400 square metres and distributors of foodstuffs with a total sales
area of at least 800 square meters, who offer electrical and electronic de-
vices several times a calendar year or on a permanent basis and make
them available on the market, are obliged to take back waste equip-
ment free of charge if the end consumer buys a new piece of electrical
or electronic equipment of the same type and functionality at the point
of supply or in the immediate vicinity and of up to three items of waste
equipment per device type that are less than 25 cm in length on their
longest side at the request of the end consumer in the retail store or in
the immediate vicinity.
In case of distribution by means of remote communication, all storage
and shipping areas for electrical and electronic devices of the distribu-
tors are considered to be the sales area and all storage and shipping are-
as as the total sales area. In addition, the collection of waste equipment
in categories 1, 2 and 4 of Annex 1 as defined in Section 2 Para. 1 (heat
exchangers, screens, monitors and devices containing screens with a
surface area of more than 100 cubic centimetres, large devices), free of
charge is also applicable to distribution through remote communication
when new electrical or electronic devices are purchased by and deliv-
ered to a private household.
Free collection centres and, if applicable, additional collection points
for the recycling of waste equipment are available to take back waste
equipment in your area. You can obtain the relevant addresses from
your local authority.
If the waste equipment contains data storage, all data must be backed
up externally and then permanently, irretrievably deleted from the
waste equipment. End consumers are solely responsible for ensuring
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