Elektroschrott Entsorgung

Act on the Placing on the Market, Take-Back and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act - ElektroG)

Waste disposal statutes of the districts and independent cities

The waste disposal of private households and thus also the disposal of electronic waste from private households is the responsibility of the districts and independent cities as public waste disposal authorities.

According to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG), electrical and electronic equipment may not be disposed of with normal household waste.
The public waste disposal authorities (districts and independent cities) are obliged to take back old electrical appliances from citizens free of charge and to pass them on to the responsible manufacturers and distributors for further treatment and recycling or to recycle them themselves.
In most districts and independent cities, large appliances are taken along for bulky waste collection or separately and the small electrical appliances can be handed in at the collection points. Many retailers also take back old appliances in stores.
The disposal is already financed by the citizen at the time of purchase of the product, so that the disposal must then be free of charge for the citizen (product responsibility).

Please ask the public waste management authority responsible for you which documents you need to submit.

Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required

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Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required

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Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required

• Disposing of e-waste
• As a matter of principle, electronic waste must not be disposed of with normal household waste
• Disposal of large equipment via bulky waste or separate collections
• Disposal of small appliances via collection points (recycling centres)
• Disposal is usually free of charge as part of product responsibility
• responsible: public waste disposal authority (the respective district or independent city of the place of residence)

The public waste disposal authority responsible for you is the district or independent city of your place of residence.

The public waste disposal authority responsible for you is the district or independent city of your place of residence.

Consultation with the public waste disposal authorities required