Battery disposal

Information on the disposal of used batteries

The following information is intended for end users who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and who no longer resell them in the form in which they were supplied to them:

1. Free return of used batteries
Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries to ensure proper disposal. You can return used batteries to a municipal collection point or to local retailers free of charge. We, as a distributor of batteries, are also obliged to take back used batteries. Our obligation to take back batteries is limited to those types of used batteries that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range. You may therefore either send used batteries of the aforementioned type back to us with sufficient postage or hand them in free of charge directly at our dispatch warehouse at the address stated in the imprint.

2. Meaning of battery symbols
Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. For batteries that contain more than 0.0005% by mass of mercury, more than 0.002% by mass of cadmium, or more than 0.004% by mass of lead, the chemical symbol of the respective pollutant is shown below the bin symbol – "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.