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Waste prevention, free return and disposal
Waste prevention, free return and disposal
Waste prevention
According to the provisions of Directive
2008/98/EC, waste prevention measures
always take priority over waste manage-
ment.
For electrical and electronic devices, waste
prevention measures include extending the
lifespan of defective devices through repair
and reselling used working appliances in-
stead of disposing of them.
Please help us reduce waste and contact
our Service department if your product is
faulty.
More information can be found in the bro-
chure ‘Waste Prevention Programme – of
the German Government with the Involve-
ment of the Federal Länder’.
Free return of old electrical
appliances
Upon purchasing a new electrical appliance
of the same type with essentially the same
function, consumers may return an old
electrical appliance to a distributor obliged
to take back old appliances, at no extra
cost for the consumers. This option also
exists for deliveries made to a private
household. For distance selling, the option
of having old electrical equipment collected
for free applies only in the case of the pur-
chase of new electrical equipment with
heat exchangers (e.g. refrigerators, dehu-
midifiers), screens, and display devices
with a screen surface > 100 cm² as well as
large devices with at least one of its ex-
ternal dimensions measuring more than 50
cm.
In addition, consumers may return up to
three old electrical appliances of the same
type to a distributor’s collection point for
free without having to purchase a new elec-
trical appliance. In this case, however, the
old appliances’ external dimensions may
not exceed 25 cm.
Disposal
Dispose of old electrical devices in
an environmentally friendly manner
Electrical appliances contain harmful
substances as well as valuable re-
sources. Every consumer is there-
fore required by law to dispose of old
electrical appliances at an authorised
collection or return point.
They will thus be made available for envir-
onmentally-sound, resource-saving recyc-
ling.
You can dispose of old electrical appli-
ances free of charge at your local recycling
centre.
Please contact your dealer directly for more
information about this topic.
Don’t forget to erase data!
If necessary, each consumer is responsible
for erasing personal data from electrical
and electronic equipment.
Batteries and rechargeable
batteries, lamps and bulbs
If necessary, old single-use and re-
chargeable batteries that are not encased
by an old electrical appliance as well as
lamps/bulbs that can be removed from an
old electrical appliance without being des-
troyed must be removed before you return
the appliance.
The symbol shown here means that
batteries and rechargeable batteries
may not be disposed of with other
household waste.
Consumers are required by law to bring all
single-use and rechargeable batteries, re-
gardless of whether they contain harmful
substances or not, to a collection point op-
erated by their communal authority or bor-
ough or to a retailer so that they can be dis-
posed of in an environmentally friendly
