E-waste disposal
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzAccording to the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG), electrical and electronic equipment may not be disposed of with normal household waste.
The public waste disposal authorities (districts and independent cities) are obliged to take back old electrical appliances from citizens free of charge and to pass them on to the responsible manufacturers and distributors for further treatment and recycling or to recycle them themselves.
In most districts and independent cities, large appliances are taken along for bulky waste collection or separately and the small electrical appliances can be handed in at the collection points. Many retailers also take back old appliances in stores.
The disposal is already financed by the citizen at the time of purchase of the product, so that the disposal must then be free of charge for the citizen (product responsibility).
Electrical and electronic appliances must not be disposed of in the residual waste garbage can. They should be disposed of in the recycling collection. This is free of charge for private households.
You can hand in small appliances at the Mainzer Umweltladen, at all recycling centers and disposal centers.
Larger appliances (e.g. washing machines) can be collected from the bulky waste collection point (call 12-3434 for an appointment) or handed in at the two large waste disposal centers in Mainz-Hechtsheim and Budenheim.