Information on the disposal of (old) electrical and electronic equipment and the meaning of the symbol in Annex 3 of the ElektroG
Owners of old appliances must dispose of them separately from unsorted municipal waste. Waste electrical and electronic equipment may therefore not be disposed of as unsorted municipal waste and in particular does not belong in household waste. Instead, these old appliances must be collected separately and disposed of via local collection and return systems, for example.
Owners of old appliances must also separate old batteries and accumulators that are not enclosed by the old appliance before handing them in at a collection point.
The latter does not apply if the waste equipment is separated from other waste equipment in accordance with Section 14 (5) sentences 2 and 3 ElektroG as part of the opt-in by the public waste management authorities for the purpose of preparing it for reuse.
The symbol in Annex 3 of the ElektroG enables owners to recognize old appliances that are to be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of their service life. The symbol for the separate collection of electrical and electronic equipment is a crossed-out wheeled garbage can.