Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register
| Foundation for old electrical equipment register (EAR) | |
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| Legal form: | Legal public foundation under civil law |
| Purpose: | Securing the implementation of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act |
| Chair: | Alexander Goldberg (board member) |
| Consist: | since August 2004 |
| Seat: | Fuerth |
| Website: | www.stiftung-ear.de |
The Stiftung Elektro-Altgeräte Register (EAR) ( spelling : stiftung elektro-altgeräte register) is a German foundation based in Fürth , which has been entrusted by the Federal Environment Agency with the exercise of sovereign tasks through the registration of manufacturers who produce electrical and and put electronic devices on the market, and by coordinating the provision of collection containers for transfer points and the collection of old devices from the public waste disposal authorities to ensure the implementation of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act .
The EAR Foundation employs 28 people (as of February 2019).
Legal situation and tasks
In order to get the masses of electronic scrap - in Germany 706,000 tons in 2014 - under control, since the entry into force of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act - and the subsequent amendments and revisions of the law - manufacturers have been required to register and take back old devices free of charge Committed. The so-called ElektroG converts the EU WEEE directive into national law. To implement the law, the EAR foundation was set up as a joint agency for the manufacturers and entrusted with sovereign tasks by the Federal Environment Agency . The main task of the foundation is the registration of all manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment who put such products on the market in Germany , or their authorized representatives . Such a registration is mandatory in order to be able to bring products onto the market or sell them in Germany. Further tasks are the coordination of the provision of collection containers for transfer points and the coordination of the collection of old devices from the public waste disposal authorities, as well as the recording of the amount of electrical devices brought into circulation. The foundation charges fees for the public services it provides. The foundation does not take back, disposal, sorting, dismantling and recycling, the manufacturers are responsible for this themselves and regularly use appropriate disposal service providers. On its website , the foundation maintains three publicly accessible directories of all registered manufacturers and their authorized representatives, all collection and return points and all operators of primary treatment systems in Germany.
In addition to better environmental compatibility through professional disposal, an important concern of the ElektroG is the recycling of valuable resources such as precious metals and rare earth metals , which are indispensable for electrical and electronic equipment. The systematic recovery from old devices is intended to open up new sources for the increasingly important resources.
If the collection container at a collection point is full of old devices, a message is sent to the EAR Foundation and a manufacturer determined by an algorithm takes over the collection, for which he in turn regularly commissions a disposal / recycling company. The monthly quantities brought into circulation by a manufacturer for each type of device are the basis for the scope of his obligation to collect waste electrical and electronic equipment from the municipalities. The municipalities operate waste and recycling centers at the local level. Most of the waste electrical equipment in Germany is handed in to these local points.
In addition, the dealer is also obliged to take back old devices if he has a sales area for electrical and electronic devices of at least 400 m². For online retailers, the storage areas are calculated. There are differences in the size of the devices, all dealers are obliged to take back old devices with an edge length of up to 25 centimeters without selling a new device up to 5 old devices. Old devices larger than 25 centimeters only need to be removed and disposed of when purchasing a new device.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bayerische Staatszeitung (Ed.): Separating small and large devices becomes a problem . August 3, 2018, p. 16 .
- ↑ Mark A. Gascha: innovations of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act. State Office for Environmental Protection Saxony-Anhalt, February 27, 2019, accessed on February 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Katharina Kutsche: Back to the dealer . Ed .: Süddeutsche Zeitung . July 25, 2016, p. 19 .
- ^ The EAR Foundation and its tasks. Retrieved April 26, 2019 .
- ^ Westerwälder Zeitung (ed.): Tasks and organization of the EAR Foundation . June 17, 2014, p. 25 .
- ↑ Home page of the EAR Foundation's website. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Alexander Jung: Treasures from the shredder. Der Spiegel , June 6, 2011, accessed April 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Why you should measure your e-waste. Die Welt , March 12, 2015, accessed April 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Petra Kirchhoff: Dispose of old electrical appliances: And pay attention to the edge length! FAZ , August 7, 2016, accessed April 25, 2019 .