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Disposal
management authority or at one of the collection
points established by the manufacturer or distribu-
tor of the electrical or electronic appliance. There
is no charge for handing in old appliances.
Please hand your old appliance in to the LIDL
branch in your area. Dealers operating retail
space for electrical and electronic appliances
measuring at least 400 m
surrenders. The same applies food retailers operat-
ing a total sales area of at least 800 m
they offer electrical and electronic appliances for
sale on an ongoing basis or at least several times
a year. Distance sale merchants maintaining a
storage area of at least 400 m
electronic appliances or a total storage area of
2
at least 800 m
are likewise obligated to accept
surrenders. Distributors are obligated to ensure
that appropriate recycling facilities are available
within a reasonable distance so that old applianc-
es can be surrendered free of charge.
Consumers are entitled to hand in their old ap-
pliances free of charge to a distributor obligated
to accept surrenders in the event the consumer
acquires a new appliance of equal value with an
essentially identical function. This option also exists
in the case of deliveries to a private household.
In the distance selling branch, the option to have
the old appliance picked up free of charge upon
acquisition of a new appliance is restricted to heat
exchangers, visual display units and equipment
systems with at least one outer edge exceeding
50 cm in length. The distributor is required to con-
sult the consumer regarding her or his intention to
surrender upon conclusion of the purchase agree-
ment. Apart from that, consumers are entitled to
surrender up to three appliances of any particular
appliance type free of charge at the collection
point of a distributor, irrespective as to whether
the consumer has acquired a new appliance.
Nevertheless, the edge length of the appliance in
question must not exceed 25 cm.
Consumers are encouraged to adopt waste pre-
vention measures. With regard to electrical and
electronic appliances, this means extending the
service life of the appliance by repairing broken
or defective appliances as well as the selling of
well-functioning, used appliances in lieu of hand-
ing them in for disposal.
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2
are obligated to accept
2
provided
2
for electrical and
Remove the battery in non-destructive fashion
before disposal and discard it separately (see
"Disposal of the Batteries").
The following declaration is applicable
for all countries, except for Germany.
The symbol with the crossed-out trash
can means that electrical and electronic
appliances cannot be discarded
together with household waste. Consum-
ers are legally obliged to bring electrical and
electronic appliances that have reached the end
of their service life to a facility that performs
separate collection of unsorted municipal waste.
This ensures environmentally friendly and re-
source-saving recycling.
Batteries and accumulators that are not completely
encased by the electrical or electronic appliance
and can be removed without being destroyed
must be separated from the appliance before they
are handed in to a designated disposal facility.
The same applies to lamps that can be removed
from the appliance without being destroyed.
Owners of electrical and electronic appliances
from private households can hand these applianc-
es in at the collection points provided by the mu-
nicipal waste management facility or at collection
points established by the manufacturer and/or the
distributor. There is no charge for handing in old
appliances.
This obligation to accept surrenders free of charge
applies to purchases made in the store as well
as in cases in which deliveries were made to a
residential address. Surrender of the appliance
is to occur at the same location at which delivery
of the appliance was accepted. There must be no
offsetting of transportation costs incurred for the
appliances that have been taken back.
Distributors are obligated to ensure that appro-
priate recycling facilities are available within a
reasonable distance so that old appliances can
be surrendered free of charge.
Consumers are entitled to hand in their old ap-
pliances free of charge to a distributor obligated
to accept surrenders in the event the consumer
acquires a new appliance of equal value with an
essentially identical function. This option also exists
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