Battery Law Notices

Battery Law Information
Information on Battery Disposal

Notice on the Disposal of Used Batteries

The following notice is directed at those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and do not resell them in the form in which they were supplied to them (end users):

Free Return of Used Batteries

Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obligated to return used batteries to ensure proper disposal. You can return used batteries to a municipal collection point or to a local retailer. We are also obligated as a distributor of batteries to take back used batteries, with our obligation limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range. You can therefore either return used batteries of the aforementioned type to us sufficiently stamped or deliver them free of charge directly to our shipping warehouse at the following address:

Photo & Event C.S. GmbH & Co. KG
Alte Poststraße 5
97318 Kitzingen/Germany

Meaning of Battery Symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out trash can. This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of in household waste. For batteries containing 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 symbol of the respective pollutant is indicated below the trash can symbol—"Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" stands for lead, and "Hg" stands for mercury.