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POWERSOCKET 907
from unsorted municipal waste. Old appliances do not belong in
household waste, but in special collection and return systems.
Batteries and accumulators as well as lamps: Owners of old ap-
pliances must separate old batteries and accumulators that are
not enclosed by the old appliance from the old appliance before
handing them in at a collection point. This also applies to lamps
that can be removed from the waste equipment without being
destroyed. If the waste equipment is to be prepared for reuse
with the participation of a public waste management authority,
batteries and accumulators as well as lamps do not have to be
removed.
Options for returning old appliances: Owners of waste equipment
from private households can return it free of charge to the collec-
tion points of the public waste management authorities or to the
take-back points set up by manufacturers or distributors. Stores
with a sales area of at least 400 m² for electrical and electronic
equipment and those grocery stores with a total sales area of
at least 800 m² that offer electrical and electronic equipment
several times a year or on a permanent basis and make it availa-
ble on the market are obliged to take it back. This also applies
to online or catalog sales if the storage and shipping 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 take-back by providing suitable return fa-
cilities at 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 supplied to an end user. If a new device is
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