Disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment
Product take-back by BERNSTEIN AG is carried out for article categories that are registered with the EAR Foundation. Affected are (according to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) § 2) devices of category 5 "small monitoring and control instruments" (switches and sensors with electronic signal processing) as well as, if applicable, devices of category 4 "large monitoring and control instruments" (e.g. enclosures with built-in signal light).
Old appliances that were placed on the market before 13 August 2005 are excluded from being taken back. The production marking on the type plate of the respective product is used to identify the date of manufacture.
If you would like to return your old electrical or electronic equipment purchased from BERNSTEIN to us, please contact your sales representative or contact us via E-Mail: info@bernstein.eu.
The crossed-out wheeled bin on products, packaging and/or accompanying documents means that used electrical and electronic products and batteries must not be disposed of with normal household waste.
The deletion of personal data on the old devices must be carried out by the end user on their own responsibility before disposal.
BERNSTEIN products must not be disposed of via the municipal collection and return points. Waste electrical and electronic equipment can be taken back in the form of a return registered by the customer and approved by BERNSTEIN AG (WEEE product take-back).
Disposal of used batteries
Batteries may be included in the scope of delivery of a BERNSTEIN product. Batteries/accumulators that are not permanently integrated in the electrical (electronic) device must be removed and disposed of properly before disposal.
The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol means that batteries must not be disposed of with normal household waste. Certain batteries containing harmful substances are additionally marked with the following signs below the waste bin symbol:
Pb = Battery contains more than 0.004 mass percent lead
Cd = Battery contains more than 0.002 mass percent cadmium
Hg = Battery contains more than 0.0005 mass percent mercury
You are legally obliged to return used batteries so that proper disposal can be ensured. You can return used batteries to a municipal collection point or to your local retailer. As a distributor of batteries, BERNSTEIN AG is also obliged to take back used batteries, although our take-back obligation is limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range.
You can return used batteries free of charge directly to our dispatch warehouse at the following address:
BERNSTEIN AG
Holzhauser Str. 31
32479 Hille
Germany
