Rückgabe von Altbatterien

You can return batteries or batteries installed in devices to the retailer free of charge. Disposal in household waste is not permitted. The distributor's obligation to take back batteries is limited to those used batteries that he has or has had in his range as new batteries and to normal household quantities.

None.

free of charge

Exception:
If the batteries are car starter batteries, a deposit of 7.50 euros must be charged to the purchaser at the time of sale if no old battery is returned at the time of purchase. The deposit must be refunded when purchasing a new starter battery.

Retailers who sell batteries will take them back. Throw empty batteries into the green garbage cans of the Joint Return System for Waste Portable Batteries (GRS) or visit a collection point in your municipality (recycling center).

Retailers are obliged to inform customers of their obligation to return used batteries. Private consumers must be informed in a clearly visible place by means of easily recognizable and legible signs about the possibility of returning used batteries free of charge at the point of sale and about the meaning of the symbols for batteries subject to mandatory labelling.

If this information is not given, not given correctly, not given completely or not given in the prescribed manner, this is considered an administrative offense and can be punished with a fine. The same applies to the failure to take back used batteries and hand them over to the manufacturer.

Dealers of vehicle starter batteries can also issue a deposit stamp when collecting the deposit and link the deposit refund to the return of this stamp. The deposit is not collected if the starter battery is installed in a vehicle and sold or passed on to the end consumer. If a deposit is not collected or not refunded or not refunded on time, this is also considered an administrative offense and is punishable by a fine.

Notes (special features)

Dealers can register as a collection point with the Joint Battery Return System (GRS).

You can dispose of batteries at the following facilities:

• Local authority collection points (e.g. recycling centers)
• Retail collection points (at the seller)
• You can also use the green garbage cans of the Joint Return System for Waste Portable Batteries (GRS).

Information on the disposal of waste batteries can be obtained from the "Stiftung Gemeinsames Rücknahmesystem Batterien".