Battery Disposal

Note on the disposal of used batteries

The following information is addressed to end users who use batteries or products with built-in batteries:

1. Free take-back of used batteries

Batteries may not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries so that proper disposal can be guaranteed. Batteries can be returned free of charge to municipal collection points or to retailers.

As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries. Our take-back obligation is limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our product range.

You can return such used batteries, with sufficient postage, to the following address:

papercrush GmbH
Am Galgenberg 4 B
76768 Berg (Pfalz)

2. Meaning of battery symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. For batteries that contain more than 0.0005 percent by mass of mercury, more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium or more than 0.004 percent by mass of lead, the chemical designation of the respective pollutant used is located under the wheeled bin symbol - "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" stands for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.