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least 800 m² that offer electrical and electronic equipment several
times a year or permanently and make it available on the market
are obliged to take it back.
This also applies to online or catalog sales if the storage and ship-
ping areas for electrical and electronic equipment are at least 400
m² or the total storage and shipping areas are at least 800 m².
Distributors must generally ensure the take-back by providing
suitable return facilities within a reasonable distance from the
respective end user. The possibility of returning an old appliance
free of charge exists for distributors who are obliged to take it back,
among other things, if a new appliance of the same type, which
essentially fulfills the same functions, is delivered to an end user.
If a new device is delivered to a private household, the similar old
device can also be handed over there for collection free of charge.
In the case of online or catalog sales, this applies to equipment
in categories 1, 2 or 4 as defined in Section 2 (1) of the Electrical
and Electronic Equipment Act, namely „heat transmitters“, „display
screen equipment“ or „large appliances“ (the latter with at least
one external dimension exceeding 50 cm).
End users are asked about their intention to return the equipment
when they conclude a purchase contract. In addition, small applian-
ces that do not exceed 25 centimeters in any external dimension
can be returned free of charge to the distributors‘ collection points,
irrespective of the purchase of a new appliance, and this is limited
to three old appliances per type of appliance.
Data protection notice: Old devices often contain sensitive personal
data. This applies in particular to information and telecommunicati-
ons 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 wheeled garbage can“ symbol: The
symbol of a crossed-out wheeled garbage can regularly displayed
on electrical and electronic equipment indicates that the respective
device must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste
at the end of its service life.
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