All discarded electrical appliances (plug-in, battery, or accumulator) and energy-efficient light bulbs can be returned for recycling or reuse. This is also known as e-waste.
If you buy a new electrical or electronic appliance, you can return the old appliance (e-waste) free of charge to the store where you bought it. Many stores accept small waste collection points. return electrical appliances, without having to buy a new product. The store will ensure the device is recycled.
You can also offer your discarded equipment at one of the recycling centersThis applies to household appliances, not to appliances from businesses. Besides appliances, you can also return lamps and consumer light fixtures for recycling. These include desk lamps, floor lamps, and pendant lamps.
Broken electrical appliances can be repaired by a repair caféIf the product is still under warranty, you can have it repaired by or through the supplier. Many devices, such as computers, tablets, and phones, but also lamps, still have market value. You can sell them. Or perhaps donate them to a thrift store. Inquire with your thrift store about the possibilities. You can only deliver e-waste with its packaging if this is desirable for safety reasons. For example, lamps in their original packaging.
What is considered e-waste?
- Electrical tools
- Televisions, radios and headsets
- Small household and kitchen appliances (such as a hairdryer, curling iron, toaster and coffee maker)
- Computers, faxes, printers and copiers
- Phones
- Refrigerators
- Washing machines and dryers
- Tools (such as a drill, sander, electric screwdriver and electric garden tools)
- Toys, games and sports equipment (such as a rowing machine, exercise bike and remote-controlled car)
- Medical equipment (such as an electronic thermometer)
- Measuring and control instruments (such as a thermostat and smoke detector)
- Energy saving and LED lamps and fixtures
- E-cigarettes and vapes
What is not considered e-waste?
- Separate batteries. These belong to the small toxic waste.
- Spare batteries. These belong to the small toxic waste.
- Appliances containing fuel (such as a lawnmower or chainsaw with a combustion engine). First remove the fuel and hand it in at the small toxic wasteYou can then dispose of the empty appliance with the bulky waste.
- Chemical waste (such as oil residues, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, paint cans, paint spray cans and paint tubes)
- Incandescent light bulbs. These belong to the residual waste)
- Fluorescent lamps and energy saving lamps. These belong to the small toxic waste.
- Non-electrical equipment (such as bulky waste, empty gas bottles and paint cans). You can return these to the recycling center, but not in the e-waste container)
Hand in for recycling
Returning discarded appliances, lamps, and fixtures for recycling promotes the reuse of raw materials. It also prevents them from ending up in landfills. So don't throw them away, hand them in. Specialized companies sort and dismantle discarded appliances. Products and valuable materials (raw materials) are then reused. And waste is processed in an environmentally responsible manner.
Please deliver neatly
Make sure there are no added liquids or fats in the appliance. For example, supply a deep fryer free of oil or grease residue. Frying fat, cooking oil and oil residues you can register separately on one of our recycling centers Please return it. And make sure no food is left in the refrigerator or freezer when you return it. This way, you help ensure the employees of the sorting and dismantling companies can work safely. And you contribute to an efficient recycling process. This minimizes the need to remove contaminants from collected e-waste. Thank you for your cooperation!