Battery and electronic device disposal
Old battery / old battery return
You may have purchased an item that contains batteries / rechargeable batteries [hereinafter referred to only as (used) batteries]. For this reason, we are obliged to draw your attention to the following:
Batteries may not be disposed with household waste. As an end user, you are legally obliged to take used batteries to a suitable collection point. You can dispose of your old batteries at the public collection points in your municipality or wherever batteries of the type in question are sold. You can also return your old batteries free of charge to our dispatch warehouse (see below) or send them back there. If you want to make use of this option, send your old batteries marked "used" to the following address:
Bermüller & Co. GmbH, Rotterdamer Strasse 7, D-90451 Nuremberg
Please note that our take-back obligation is limited to old batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range and to the quantities that are usual for end users.
Old batteries contain valuable raw materials that can be recycled.
Pb Cd Hg
The crossed-out garbage can means: Batteries and rechargeable batteries must not be disposed of with household waste.
The signs under the garbage cans stand for:
Pb: Battery contains more than 0.004% lead by mass
Cd: Battery contains more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium
Hg: Battery contains more than 0.0005 percent by mass of mercury
Electrical appliances:
The symbol "crossed-out garbage can" means: Electrical and electronic devices must not be disposed of with household waste. Rather, these should be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste and handed in free of charge to a municipal collection point. Old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed by the old device must be separated from it before being handed in at a stationary acceptance point. You are responsible for deleting personal data on the old devices to be disposed of.