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You can register the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment from your private household if, for example, your public waste disposal organization offers this service.

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) must not be disposed of with normal residual waste (household waste). They contain a variety of substances and materials. If WEEE is not disposed of properly, it can pose environmental risks due to the pollutants it still contains. In addition to harmful substances such as heavy metals and CFCs, they also contain a number of recyclable materials that need to be recovered and thus recycled. If WEEE is disposed of properly, it can replace primary raw materials (and thus their costly extraction) and make a significant contribution to conserving natural resources.

The disposal of WEEE is co-financed by citizens when they purchase electrical and electronic equipment. The public waste management authorities must therefore take back the WEEE from citizens free of charge and pass it on to the responsible manufacturers and distributors for further treatment and recycling or recycle it themselves.

Most public waste management authorities will collect your large WEEE as bulky waste. You can also hand in smaller WEEE at collection points. Many retailers also take back old electrical appliances in their stores.

• The disposal is co-financed by the citizens when they purchase the electrical and electronic appliances, so that the disposal is then free of charge for the citizens (product responsibility).

• Removable used batteries must be disposed of separately.

• Waste electrical appliances collection registration
• Old electrical appliances must not be disposed of with the usual residual waste (household waste)
  • Disposal of large old electrical appliances via bulky waste or separate collections
  • Disposal of small old electrical appliances via collection points (recycling centers)
• Disposal is usually free of charge as part of product responsibility
• Responsible: public waste disposal authorities

• Public waste disposal authorities
• Under certain circumstances, electrical retailers are also obliged to take back electrical and electronic equipment free of charge.
• Food retailers are also obliged to take back electrical and electronic appliances if they offer them for sale several times a year.

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the public waste management authorities are the districts and independent towns.