What obligations to battery producers have?

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Handling in the ear-Portal

Kennzeichnen Sie Batterien, bevor Sie sie in Verkehr bringen, dauerhaft mit dem Symbol der durchgestrichenen Mülltonne. This draws the end user's attention to the fact that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste under any circumstances, but that they are legally obliged to dispose of all waste batteries at the relevant collection points.

The Federal Environment Agency provides the symbol to mark products that do not belong in household waste as a PNG file.

Access to the page of the Federal Environment Agency