Acceptance of waste batteries
obligates different participants to accept, recover, and dispose of waste batteries.
Collection, or respectively, acceptance of waste portable batteries is performed for example by
, distributors, or voluntary collection points. These waste batteries must always subsequently be handed over to a collection scheme. The collection schemes are set up and operated by the battery producers or their authorised agents to fufill the take-back obligations and they subsequently submit the collected waste portable batteries to recovery and disposal according to § 14 BattG.For waste automotive and industrial batteries, battery producers or their authorised agents are obligated to offer a reasonable option free of charge to return these waste batteries. The affected participants can reach deviating agreements for these waste batteries.
The following table shows in which way which participant takes on the acceptance of waste batteries in Germany:
Type of waste battery | örE | Distributor | Voluntary collection points | Treatment facilities |
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Waste portable batteries |
voluntary acceptance possible and acceptance obligation on delivery of waste electrical and electronic equipment regarding |
acceptance obligation if waste batteries are or were in the range as new batteries | voluntary acceptance possible | acceptance of waste batteries insofar as they arise within the scope of operation as treatment facility |
Waste automotive batteries | voluntary acceptance possible | on principle no acceptance | ||
Waste industrial batteries |
on principle no acceptance; acceptance only possible as third-party agent |
► Important: Consumers must separate waste portable batteries that are not surrounded by the waste equipment prior to submission to a collection site. Provided that the concept of the waste equipment allows the waste portable batteries to be removed unproblematically.