Disposal of old appliances according to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act

The primary purpose of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act is to prevent waste from electrical and electronic equipment and, in addition, to promote the reuse, material recycling and other forms of recovery of such waste in order to reduce the amount of waste to be disposed of and to reduce the entry of pollutants from electrical and electronic equipment into waste.
The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act applies to electrical and electronic equipment that falls under the following categories, unless it is part of another device that does not fall within the scope of this Act:

1. Large household appliances
2. Small household appliances
3. Information and telecommunications technology equipment
4. Consumer electronics devices
5. Lighting fixtures
6. Electrical and electronic tools with the exception of large stationary industrial tools
7. Toys and sports and leisure equipment
8. Medical devices with the exception of implanted and infectious products
9. Monitoring and control instruments
10. Automatic output devices.
11. Light bulbs and lamps in households.
 
Old devices marked with the "crossed-out garbage can" symbol must not be disposed of with normal household waste. Since March 24, 2006, you can hand in these old electrical and electronic devices free of charge at municipal collection points. Your local or municipal administration will inform you of the location and opening times of the collection points.