Take-back of end-of-life electrical equipment / batteries

We are committed to being environmentally friendly, so we provide you with easy and free ways to dispose of your end-of-life electrical equipment/batteries.

The consumer plays a crucial role in the system for handling electrical appliances and portable batteries. It is the consumer who decides what to do with the old appliance/battery. Old and unwanted electrical appliances and batteries do not belong in unsorted municipal waste; they should be handed over to collection points (take-back points) for reuse or recycling.

Consumers must be informed by the symbols below that the respective electrical equipment/batteries do not belong in municipal waste. All new electrical equipment/batteries are marked accordingly. The symbol may be placed directly on the equipment, on its packaging, or in the user manual or warranty card.

How to dispose of old appliances/batteries?

• Individuals can use the services: BUĎ LÍNÝ or Rebalík.
• Legal entities can use: Svoz pro registrované partnery.
• At the point of sale (store address): [leave this option and add the store address if you have a take-back point with REMA]
• Through the publicly available collection network REMA Systém, a.s. for electrical equipment take-back.
• Through the publicly available collection network REMA Battery, s.r.o. for battery take-back.
• Through a publicly accessible collection network listed on the website of the Ministry of the Environment (ISOH 2).
• If necessary, you can get advice on the toll-free line Chytrá recyklace: 800 976 679.

Why recycle?

Electrical equipment and batteries contain many recyclable metals such as zinc, iron, manganese, nickel, cadmium and lead. Some of these substances are hazardous to the environment and human health, especially mercury, lead and cadmium. Selected batteries are often marked with the chemical symbols of the elements they contain (Pb, Cd, Hg).

By taking batteries and electrical equipment to a take-back point, we save primary raw material resources (thanks to material recycling) and protect the environment from improper disposal.

Unused batteries that are not handed over for recycling via take-back points, but are stored (e.g., in office drawers or elsewhere in households or companies), can subsequently cause fires — lithium batteries in particular. For safety reasons, it is therefore very important to hand over used batteries for recycling as soon as possible.

The most common battery types, their designation and use