Disposal of (old) equipment
1. Information on the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment and the meaning of the symbol in Annex 3 to the ElektroG
Owners of old devices must dispose of them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Old electrical and electronic devices must therefore not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste and in particular do not belong in household waste. Instead, these old devices must be collected separately and disposed of via the local collection and return systems.
Owners of old devices must also separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed in the old device, as well as lamps that can be removed from the old device without causing damage, before handing them in to a collection point.
The latter does not apply if the waste equipment is Section 14 paragraph 4 sentence 4 or paragraph 5 sentences 2 and 3 ElektroG As part of the option granted by the public waste disposal authorities, waste equipment must be separated from other old equipment for the purpose of preparing it for reuse.
Using the symbol in Annex 3 to the ElektroG, owners can identify old devices that must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of their service life. The symbol for the separate collection of electrical and electronic devices represents a crossed-out wheeled waste bin and is designed as follows:
2. Free return of old equipment by distributors
Distributors (any natural or legal person or partnership that offers or makes available on the market electrical or electronic equipment) with a sales area for electrical and electronic equipment of at least 400 square metres (in the case of distribution using means of distance communication instead with storage and shipping areas for electrical and electronic equipment of at least 400 square metres) as well as distributors of foodstuffs with a total sales area of at least 800 square metres who offer and make available on the market electrical and electronic equipment several times a calendar year or permanently (in the case of distribution using means of distance communication instead with total storage and shipping areas of at least 800 square metres) are obliged to take back waste electrical and electronic equipment from end users free of charge as follows:
a) Return/collection when purchasing a new device and delivering it to a private household
When concluding a purchase contract for a new electrical or electronic device, the distributor is obliged to take back an old device of the same type that essentially fulfils the same functions as the new device free of charge.
If the location is a private household, the return will be carried out by means of a free collection. For this purpose, an old device of the same type with essentially the same functions can be handed over to the delivering transport company when the new device is delivered.
If the new device is sold exclusively using distance communication means ( Section 312c Paragraph 2 of the German Civil Code) , applies restrictively:
- Old equipment of the same type and function will only be collected free of charge if it is a device in category 1 (heat exchangers), 2 (screens, monitors, devices with screens with a surface area of more than 100 square centimeters) and/or 4 (large devices where at least one of the external dimensions is more than 50 centimeters).
- If the waste equipment falls into categories 3, 5 and/or 6, it will not be collected free of charge and the following letter b) applies instead for the free return.
An overview of the device categories and the devices recorded in each case can be found here: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/elektrog_2015/anlage_1.html
b) Return when purchasing a new device and returning it elsewhere/return of small devices
When concluding a purchase contract for a new electrical appliance that is not delivered to a private household and when selling a new appliance in categories 3, 5 and/or 6 exclusively using means of distance communication ( Section 312c Paragraph 2 of the German Civil Code) With delivery to the private household, it is possible to return an old device of the same type, which essentially fulfils the same functions as the new device, to the distributor free of charge.
The same option is available for old devices that are no larger than 25 centimetres in any external dimension, regardless of whether a new electrical or electronic device is purchased. In this case, the end user's option to return old devices to the distributor is limited to 3 devices per device type.
When selling exclusively using distance communication means ( Section 312c paragraph 2 BGB) under the above conditions the return
- of waste equipment of categories 3, 5 and/or 6
- of old appliances that are no larger than 25 centimetres in any external dimension,
through suitable return options within a reasonable distance from the respective end user.
Otherwise, the return will take place at the place of delivery or in the immediate vicinity.
Distributors must have set up suitable return options for this purpose.
3. Information on the options for returning old devices
Owners of old devices can hand them in using the return or collection options set up and available by public waste disposal authorities to ensure that the old devices are disposed of properly. If necessary, electrical and electronic devices can also be handed in there for the purpose of reusing the devices. You can obtain more information about this from the relevant collection or return point.
4. Note on data protection
Old devices that are to be disposed of sometimes contain sensitive personal data (e.g. on a PC or a smartphone) that must not fall into the hands of third parties.
We expressly point out that end users of old devices are responsible for ensuring that personal data on the old devices to be disposed of are deleted.
5. Note on WEEE registration
Māliee™ and Williamify are registered through our supplier for electrical appliances (amrock trading & development UG), with the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Register (Stiftung EAR) Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register, Nordostpark 72 in 90411 Nuremberg, under the number DE 50435630.
If we put electrical or electronic devices into circulation, they have a WEEE registration number from the manufacturer, which is indicated in the respective item description. All mandatory information about the respective manufacturer can be found on the product.
For our own electrical or electronic devices, the mandatory information and our WEEE registration number can be found on the product and additionally in the product description/operating instructions, as well as on the corresponding invoice for our products.
Devices of the Māliee™ brand are registered via our supplier a mrock trading & development, with the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Register (EAR Foundation), Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register, Nordostpark 72 in 90411 Nuremberg.
Our registration number is: WEEE Reg. No. DE 50435630
