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Berlin (dpa) - Consumers can hand in old electrical appliances such as electric toothbrushes or cell phones in discount stores and supermarkets in the future.
The Federal Council decided on a corresponding change in the law on Friday.
The prerequisite is that the shop space is larger than 800 square meters and the shops themselves sell electrical appliances several times a year.
The new rules will come into force in January 2022.
Shops also have to accept small devices such as disused calculators or a power bank if they were bought elsewhere.
However, larger devices such as old televisions can only be handed in if a new device is purchased - for example, if a supermarket offers televisions as part of a campaign.
Online retailers also have to take back and recycle electronic waste free of charge and easily.
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The background to this is that so far fewer old electrical appliances have been collected in Germany than actually required by the EU.
Citizens are obliged to separate their rubbish - this also means that electronic waste does not belong in the residual waste, in the yellow bin or in the yellow sack.
However, nobody controls the household waste, there is no penalty.
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