User Manual

IM_100.CCF.20170512-EN C45
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Important Safety Instructions
1.8 Safe disposal
Endangering health and environment by accumulators and batteries!
In the Europian Economic Area this symbol indicates that consumers are required by
law to return all waste batteries to either a store or another collection point for waste
batteries. Waste batteries should never be placed in the household garbage, or
anywhere in the environment. This is indicated by the symbol comprising a crossed-
out wheeled bin that appears on batteries and/or battery packaging. In the interest of
facilitating waste battery collection, manufacturers of portable batteries have
established a joint collection.
Retailers are required by law to take back waste batteries free of charge. In Germany,
collection boxes in which consumers can deposit waste portable batteries are
available at all stores that sell portable batteries, e.g. supermarket, discounter,
drugstore or construction market. Some municipalities take waste batteries back, e.g.
via vehicles that make regular collections of hazardous waste, or recycling centres.
The legal limit for mercury within button cells is 2 percent (20 grams per kilogram) of
mercury, while the limit for all other types of batteries is 0.005 percent (5 milligrams
per kilogram). Portable-battery cadmium content is limited to 0.002 percent (20
milligrams per kilogram). Batteries used for cordless power tools, emergency or alarm
systems emergency lighting, and medical devices are exempt from this limit.
For batteries whose mercury, cadmium or lead content exceeds specific limit values,
this fact must be indicated on the battery or packaging, below the symbol of the
crossed-out whelled bin.
Please take care e. g. by taping the individual connection poles that the batteries to
be disposed of are unloaded and the connection poles are protected from short
circuits.
Potential negative consequences to the environment and human health!
In the Europian Economic Area this symbol indicates that this product shall not be
treated as houshold waste. Instead it has to be taken to an applicable collection point
for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is
dispoesed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences to the
environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate
waste handling of this product.
In the Europian Economic Area this symbol indicates that you should dispose the
packing materials environmentally sensible according to the local regulations.