Stiftung GRS, as the manufacturers’ own take-back scheme, assumes product responsibility for all manufacturers and distributors in accordance with the German Battery Act (BattG). Stiftung GRS acts as a non-profit-making and non-discriminatory organisation that is available to all manufacturers in line with Section 7 BattG.
GRS provides collection and transport containers for batteries for the retail sector, public waste management authorities, commercial operations and public bodies and carries out the collection, sorting and disposal of waste batteries free of charge. Containers are provided and batteries from devices are taken back for free from the collection points.
The battery manufacturers connected to the GRS take-back schemes meet their legal collection obligations with a collection rate of more than 50 per cent.
All these services are financed by the fees paid by the manufacturers and importers of batteries affiliated with GRS towards the cost of disposal.
More information: https://www.stiftung-grs.de/en/