Electrical and electronic equipment
EN
Information for private households pursuant to Section
18 (2) of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act
(ElektroG)
The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)
contains a large number of requirements for the handling
of electrical and electronic equipment. The most important
ones are summarized here.
1. Separate collection of waste equipment
Electrical and electronic equipment that has become waste
is referred to as old equipment. Owners of old devices have
to collect them separately from unsorted municipal waste.
Old devices do not belong in particular into the domestic
refuse, but into special collecting and return systems.
2. Possibilities for the return of old appliances
Owners of old appliances from private households can
hand them in at the collection points of the public waste
management authorities or at the take-back points set up
by manufacturers or distributors within the meaning of
the ElektroG. An online directory of collection and return
points can be found here:
https://www.ear-system.de/ear-verzeichnis/sammel-und-ru-
ecknahmestellen.jsf