Disposal

batteries

In the delivery of many devices, are batteries, that serve for example to the business of remote controls, clocks etc. Also in the devices themselves, batteries or rechargeable batteries can be incorporated firmly. In connection with the sales and marketing of these batteries or rechargeable batteries, Connox is obligated in accordance with battery ordinance to refer consumer to the following:

Batteries and rechargeable batteries do not belong into the household waste and does not dispose on this way. Since 1998 the battery ordinance has obligated to this, consumed batteries and rechargeable batteries exclusively over the trade or the collecting places established specially for that.

Batteries are occupied with the symbol of the "slashed trashcan" – similarly the following - and one of the chemical symbols cd (= battery contains Cadmium), Hg (= battery contains mercury or Pb (= battery contains lead).

Connox disposes the needed batteries and rechargeable batteries environmentally and gratuitous if these are sent to Connox freely house, i.e. sufficiently stamped, to the address indicated above. The withdrawal obligation is restricted in accordance with battery ordinance to batteries or rechargeable batteries, which Connox banished, as well as on consumer usual quantities.

Reference to lithium batteries/rechargeable battery: In the return of lithium batteries or -rechargeable batteries, the customer is asked that with + and - marked contact areas of the batteries for example to isolate with adhesive tape, in order to avoid each fire danger.

old devices,electronic scrap

After the electro and electronics device law (ElektroG), old devices are disposed as of March 2006 no longer in the household waste. The regulation regards to all electronic and electric devices, no matter how old these are. Also lamps, fluorescent tubes and energy-efficient lamp belong to it. These devices are recognizable at the symbol of a slashed trashcan" – similar the image above. The symbol is on the devices or the packaging.

The devices are returned free of cost for example of cities and communities. The withdrawal resulted at collecting places or they even offer a collection. Normally existing collection systems (for example reusable material yards) are used.