battery regulation

Information according to § 18 Battery Act!

You can return all batteries free of charge to any point of sale that sells batteries of the same type. You can also return the batteries to our address given in the supplier identification. As the end user, you are legally obliged to return used batteries. The crossed-out garbage can symbol printed on batteries (Section 17, Paragraph 1 of the Battery Act) indicates that batteries may not be disposed of with household waste. The chemical symbols of the metals (§ 17 Para. 3 Batteries Act) have the following meaning: "Hg" means mercury (Hydrargyrum), "Cd" means cadmium and "Pb" means lead (plumbum).