Disposal
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10 Disposal
In the case of a disposal, the respective statutory requirements must be observed. In the
following, information on the disposal of electrical and electronic devices in the European
Community are given.
Within the European Community the disposal of electrically operated devices is regulated by
national provisions that are based on the EU Directive 2012/19/EU on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
Accordingly, all devices supplied after August 13
th
2005 in the business-to-business area, to
which this product is classified, may no longer be disposed of with municipal or household
waste. To document this, the devices are provided with the disposal label.
Fig. 3:
Disposal label
Since the disposal regulations worldwide and also within the EU may differ from country to
country, the supplier of the device should be consulted directly in case of need.
This labelling obligation is applied in Germany since March 23
rd
2006. From this date on, the
manufacturer must provide an adequate possibility of returning all devices delivered since
August 13
th
2005. For all devices delivered before August 13
th
2005 the end user is responsible
for the proper disposal.
