The following notice is aimed at those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and no longer resell them in the form in which they were supplied (end users):
1.Free return of used batteries
Batteries may not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries so that proper disposal can be guaranteed. You can return used batteries free of charge to a municipal collection centre or to your local retailer. As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries, although our take-back obligation is limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our range. You can therefore either return used batteries of the aforementioned type to us with sufficient postage or return them free of charge directly to our dispatch warehouse at the following address:
SIP Scootershop GmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 4, 86899 Landsberg, Germany
2.Meaning of the battery symbols
Batteries are labelled with the symbol of a crossed-out wheelie bin. This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. Batteries that contain more than 0.0005 per cent mercury by mass, more than 0.002 per cent cadmium by mass or more than 0.004 per cent lead by mass are labelled with the chemical name of the pollutant below the dustbin symbol - "CD" stands for cadmium, "Pb" for lead and "Hg" for mercury."
3.Vehicle batteries / starter batteries
The following special features apply to the sale of vehicle batteries (these are batteries intended for the Starter, lighting or Ignition of vehicles): In accordance with § 10 BattG, the seller is obliged to charge end users a deposit of 7.50 euros including VAT per vehicle battery if the end user does not return an old vehicle battery to the seller at the time of purchase of the new vehicle battery. The customer receives a deposit voucher when purchasing a vehicle battery. The customer can return the old vehicle battery to the seller for a refund of the deposit. Due to the Hazardous Goods Ordinance, it is not permitted to send the old vehicle battery to the seller. Alternatively, the customer can return the old vehicle battery to a collection point set up by the public waste disposal organisation. If the old vehicle battery is not returned to the seller collecting the deposit, the authorised collector in accordance with Section 11 (3) BattG who takes back the old vehicle battery is obliged, upon request, to confirm to the end user in writing or electronically that the battery has been taken back without a deposit refund. In this case, the customer shall be reimbursed the deposit collected by the seller, provided that the customer submits written or electronic proof of return to the seller in accordance with Section 10 (1) sentence 4 BattG, which is not older than two weeks at the time of submission
Information in accordance with the Waste Oil Ordinance (AltÖlV)
In accordance with the Waste Oil Ordinance, we are obliged to take back the following used oils free of charge:
-- Internal combustion engine oils -- Gearbox oils -- Oil Filters and oily waste regularly produced during oil changes. You can return the used oil to us in the quantity corresponding to the quantity purchased from us.
The place of return is our company headquarters:
SIP Scootershop GmbH, Marie-Curie-Str. 4, 86899 Landsberg am Lech
You can return the Oil there at any time during our opening hours. Alternatively, you can also send us the used Oil, the shipping costs are to be borne by the buyer. Please note that special transport conditions may apply to used oil.
In the case of commercial customers, we would like to point out that we may use the services of third parties to fulfil our acceptance obligations.