Disposal & Environment
Information on the environmentally responsible disposal of batteries, electrical equipment and packaging in accordance with statutory requirements
Legal Basis
Since 18 February 2024, the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 has been directly applicable in all EU Member States. It is gradually replacing the former Battery Directive 2006/66/EC and the German Battery Act (Batteriegesetz, BattG) in its amended version (BattG2). The planned German Battery Law Implementation Act (Batterierecht-Durchführungsgesetz, BattDG) is currently undergoing the legislative process and specifies the national implementation of the EU Battery Regulation. Until the BattDG fully enters into force, the EU Battery Regulation and the BattG apply in parallel.
Information for Consumers and Commercial End Users
Batteries and accumulators must not be disposed of in household waste. As a distributor of products containing batteries or accumulators, we are obliged pursuant to Section 18 BattG (and Art. 62 EU Battery Regulation) to inform you of the following:
As an end user, you are legally obliged to return used batteries and accumulators. The return is free of charge. You may return used batteries and accumulators at designated collection points, in particular at municipal collection sites (recycling centres) or at retail outlets.
Waste batteries may contain hazardous substances that can harm the environment or human health if stored or disposed of improperly. However, batteries also contain valuable raw materials such as lithium, manganese, zinc and iron that can be recycled and fed back into the circular economy.
This symbol on batteries and accumulators indicates that they must not be disposed of via household waste at the end of their service life, but must be collected separately. The chemical symbols Pb (lead), Cd (cadmium) or Hg (mercury) beneath the symbol indicate that the battery contains the respective hazardous substance above the statutory threshold.
Legal Basis
The German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (Elektro- und Elektronikgerätegesetz, ElektroG) implements the European WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU into German law. It governs the placing on the market, take-back and environmentally sound disposal of electrical and electronic equipment. The Act was most recently amended in 2026 (ElektroG4).
Information for End Users
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) must not be disposed of in household waste. In accordance with Sections 17 and 18 ElektroG, we hereby inform you of the following:
As an end user, you are obliged to dispose of waste equipment separately from unsorted municipal waste. Waste equipment may be returned free of charge at municipal collection points (recycling centres). In addition, certain distributors are subject to take-back obligations (1:1 take-back upon purchase of an equivalent new device, and 0:1 take-back for small devices with an external dimension of up to 25 cm).
If waste equipment contains batteries or accumulators that are not permanently installed, these must be removed prior to returning the equipment and disposed of separately via battery collection, provided this is possible without destroying the device.
Please delete any personal data from your waste equipment before disposal at your own responsibility.
This marking on electrical and electronic equipment pursuant to Annex 3 ElektroG indicates that the device must not be disposed of via normal household waste at the end of its service life. The black bar beneath the symbol identifies equipment placed on the market after 13 August 2005.
Legal Basis
The German Packaging Act (Verpackungsgesetz, VerpackG) requires all initial distributors of packaging subject to system participation in Germany to register with the LUCID Packaging Register and to participate in a dual system. From 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) (EU) 2025/40 will supplement and partially replace the national regulations.
A1-ESD Equipment GmbH is registered with the LUCID Packaging Register and duly participates in a dual system for the licensing of our shipping and sales packaging.
Information for End Users
Our shipping packaging (cardboard boxes, filling materials, adhesive tape) as well as the product sales packaging are licensed through the dual system. Please dispose of used packaging via the local collection systems designated for your area:
Paper, cardboard, carton → Paper recycling collection
Plastic films, bubble wrap → Yellow bag / Yellow bin (Gelber Sack)
Polystyrene, EPS moulded parts → Yellow bag / Yellow bin
Wooden packaging, pallets → Recycling centre (Wertstoffhof)
If you wish to return used batteries or waste electrical equipment to us, please send them to the following address:
Return Address
A1-ESD Equipment GmbH
Attn: Disposal / Take-back Department
Keldersstr. 15
42697 Solingen, Germany
Please contact us before sending any returns so we can prepare the process for you.
German Battery Act (BattG) · EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 · German ElektroG (WEEE Act) · German Packaging Act (VerpackG) · Stiftung EAR · LUCID Packaging Register
This page provides the legally required information pursuant to Section 18 BattG, Section 18 ElektroG and the German Packaging Act (VerpackG). The information has been compiled with the utmost care but does not claim to be exhaustive. The applicable legal texts in their current version shall prevail. As of: April 2026.