Note on the disposal of used batteries

The following note is intended for those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and do not resell them in the form supplied to them (end users):

1. Free return of used batteries

Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries to ensure proper disposal. You can hand in used batteries at a municipal collection point or at a local retailer. As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries, although our obligation to take them back is limited to the type of used batteries that we carry or have carried in our assortment as new batteries. You can therefore either send used batteries of the aforementioned type back to us with sufficient postage or hand them in free of charge directly at our shipping warehouse at the address stated in the legal notice.

2. Meaning of the battery symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. For batteries containing more than 0.0005 percent by mass of mercury, more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium, or more than 0.004 percent by mass of lead, the chemical symbol of the respective pollutant used is shown below the wheeled bin symbol – where "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" stands for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.