Proper disposal of lights and bulbs

Disposal and Return Notice

Electrical and electronic devices contain pollutants that could endanger health and our environment, as well as valuable resources that can be recycled with your help. For this reason, at the end of their service life, old electronic devices must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste and must not be disposed of with normal household waste. This is indicated by the symbol of a crossed-out garbage can shown below, which is used to identify electronic devices.

Your obligation to return old electronic devices

According to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG), every consumer is legally obliged to dispose of old electrical equipment, including lights, lamps and fans (with the exception of light bulbs) in a professional and environmentally friendly manner and to hand them in at an approved collection or return point. Old electronic devices are accepted there free of charge and recycled in an environmentally friendly and resource-saving manner. The collection and return points give the old devices to certified disposal companies, which first check whether the devices can be refurbished and reused. If reuse is not possible, the pollutants are removed from the devices and valuable resources are recycled.

In particular, the following must not be disposed of with household waste:

lamps and lights
Compact fluorescent lamps with or without ballast (energy-saving lamps)
Fluorescent lamps (fluorescent tubes)
Discharge lamps (including metal vapor lamps)
Led Lamps
batteries and accumulators

Light bulbs that are easy to remove must be removed before the old device is handed in and disposed of separately. The same applies to easily removable old batteries and accumulators as well as those that are not enclosed by the old electrical device. For more information on battery disposal, see https://www.lampewelt.de/batteriegesetz.html .

Incandescent bulbs and halogen lamps may be disposed of with household waste. If you are not sure what type of lamp it is, please hand it in at a suitable collection point or, if necessary, use our take-back offer (see below).

Our obligation to take back small electronic devices (all edge lengths ≤ 25 cm)

You can return old electrical devices with a maximum edge length of 25 centimeters to us free of charge in normal household quantities (maximum 3 devices of one type of device, e.g. 3 lamps). To fulfill this take-back obligation, we have engaged our service partner, WEEE Return GmbH ( https://weee-return.de ). You can hand in your used electronic device free of charge to a collection point of this service partner. You can find the nearest collection point for the service partner on the WEEE Return website . You are also welcome to contact the collection points at the e-mail address info@weee-return.de ask. If none of the collection points are in your area, it is also possible for you to send the old electrical equipment to the service partner free of charge using a parcel service.

Please note, however, that the shipment of lamps that contain hazardous substances such. B. energy-saving lamps (mercury), is not possible. In case you would like to choose the postage option or donate a bulb that contains hazardous substances, please contact at the email address info@weee-return.de Contact our service partner.

Our obligation to take back large electrical devices (an edge length > 25 cm)

Old electrical devices of all categories according to Appendix 1 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act in the currently applicable version with an edge length of more than 25 centimeters can be purchased from the Purchase of a comparable device (Lamp against lamp; not lamp against microwave) with us free of charge. To fulfill this take-back obligation, we have engaged our service partner, WEEE Return GmbH ( https://weee-return.de ). You can hand in your used electronic device free of charge to a collection point of this service partner. You can find the nearest collection point for the service partner on the WEEE Return website . You are also welcome to contact the collection points at the e-mail address info@weee-return.de ask. You need a voucher for the return. You can do this from our customer service via the contact form ask.

If there are no collection points in your area, it is also possible for you to send old electronic devices with an edge length of more than 25 centimeters to the service partner free of charge using a parcel service.

Our obligation to take back and collect large electrical devices (an edge length > 25 cm)

Waste electrical equipment with an edge length of more than 25 centimeters

Category 1 (heat exchanger),
Category 2 (screens, monitors and devices containing screens with a surface area greater than 100 square centimeters) and
Category 4 (large devices)

according to Appendix 1 of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act in the currently applicable version, we accept the Purchase and delivery of a comparable device gladly returned free of charge by collection. When concluding the purchase contract for the new electronic device, please let us know that you would like to return an old device when the new device is delivered.

If you have any questions about the return or would like to register a return, please use our contact form .

Additional possibility of returning old devices to approved collection and return points

In addition to our take-back offers, you can also hand in old electrical equipment to approved collection and return points, for example local recycling centers. You can find the approved collection and recycling points in your area at:

www.ear-system.de/ear-index/collection-and-ruecknahmestellen.jsf

If you need help finding an approved collection and return point in your area, our customer service will help you via the contact form gladly further.

Handling personal data when disposing of old devices

Please note that every consumer is responsible for the deletion of personal data on the old devices to be disposed of.