Small appliances such as toasters, blenders or razors are also sold at discount stores, supermarkets or drugstores - but do they also take back old appliances? 00:00 What should we do with electronic waste? 00:53 Visit to the repair café 01:06 What valuable raw materials are contained in old cell phones? 04:43 400 square meter stores have to take back old electrical appliances 05:33 Do drugstores like dm or Rossmann take back electronic waste? 06:12 How well are discounters like Penny or Lidl sensitized? 06:45 Do supermarkets know their obligation to take back old appliances? ---------------- Note: This film is a contribution to the Markt NDR program and was first broadcast on NDR television on November 18, 2024. Consumer content from all ARD broadcasters will now be bundled here in the channel ???? By the way: Since MARKTCHECK belongs to ARD, you can download this video for free via WiFi and watch it offline on the go! ---------------- WHERE TO PUT OLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL WASTE? When large appliances such as washing machines or dishwashers are delivered, taking old appliances with you is a given. But what do you do when your cell phone, mixer, toaster or razor stops working? Where can you dispose of small electrical appliances - and are there more environmentally friendly options than simply throwing the electronic waste in the trash? RETAILERS HAVE A TAKE-BACK OBLIGATION For some time now, retailers who sell electrical appliances themselves have also been obliged to accept electronic waste - regardless of where the old devices were purchased. According to the consumer advice center, online retailers must also take back old devices free of charge. Because only if they are disposed of correctly can the sometimes valuable raw materials that are in the devices be recovered and reused. DISPOSE OF MIXERS, TOASTERS, SHAVERS & CO. WHEN SHOPPING? Consumers can actually simply dispose of their old electronic devices in drugstores, discount stores or supermarkets. But how well does this work in practice? We tested it. You can see the results in the video. Author: Christian Lang Image sources: Adobe Stock / Andrey Popov / gpointstudio / speed300 / Africa Studio, unsplash ---------------- ► • Billion-dollar business with packaging and... ► • Garbage bags from dm, Swirl and Co. - what... ► • Recycling: This is how much the yellow... ► • Disposable diapers vs. cloth diapers - what i... ► • Save money by recycling leftovers Market... ---------------- ► There is an article on the subject of electronic waste here: https://www.swrfernsehen.de/landessch... ---------------- ► More information about the show on our homepage: https://www.swrfernsehen.de/marktcheck/ ► More about Marktcheck on our Facebook page: / marktcheck ► You can subscribe to our channel here: http://x.swr.de/s/13x1 ► You can find more about our eco-checkers on Instagram: / ► Comments are welcome - but please observe the netiquette: https://www.swr.de/home/netiquette-10... ► Legal notice: https://www.swr.de/impressum/ ► Data protection: https://www.swr.de/datenschutz/ #elektro #müll #technik