Companies who offer electrical/electronic equipment or batteries on the consumer market must participate in a collection and recycling system such as the one operated by ERA when their business involves so-called "Household equipment" or batteries, so-called "Portable batteries".
If you sell equipment for commercial purposes (e.g. large display refrigerators, special tools for secialist businesses) or also industrial batteries on the market, you can voluntarily participate in our collection and recycling system. This releases you from the obligation to take back old equipment from your customers.
Customers can contact us directly (office@era-gmbh.at) by providing their license-number, and we´ll take care of the next steps.
Commercial WEEE and industrial batteries are generally not accepted at municipal collection sites. Acceptance by regional disposal partners/collection points also requires prior coordination, as commercial equipment and industrial batteries represent a very heterogeneous group. Furthermore lithium batteries are subject to the strict regulations of the ADR and need special fire safety requirements.
Please contact us in advance at office@era-gmbh.at, providing your licence-number and the following information:
- For industrial batteries:
- Address
- Number and weight of batteries/modules
- Chemical type (LFP / NMC / ...)
- Dimensions of batteries/modules
- Condition (end of life [eol] / defective / critically defective)
- Packaging present (yes [ADR compliant] / no)
- Photo/data sheet
- For PV modules or other commercial devices:
- Address
- Number and weight of modules/devices by category
- Chemical type (non-hazardous / hazardous)
- Dimensions of batteries/modules
- Packaging present (yes [e.g., wrapped on pallets] / no)
- Photo/data sheet
We can take over the following categories of equipment for you:
- Large electrical equipment (with a rigid edge-length of over 50 cm)
- Cooling/freezing equipment including air-conditioning units and heat pumps
- Small electrical equipment (with a rigid edge-length of less than 50 cm)
- Screens, flatscreens, cathode ray tube equipment and tube screens with a screen surface area of over 100 cm²
- Gas discharge lamps, energy saving lamps and LED lamps
- Photo-voltaic modules
- Portable batteries
- Vehicle batteries
- Industrial batteries
Of course, you can also transfer the handling of your packaging to us - all of the services of the ARA Services Group are available to us. Please call us: +43.1.599 97-0.
You can connect directly to ARA here.