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GRS Batteries - joint collection system for used batteries

Take-back scheme for lithium-ion batteries

As a distributor, TESVOLT is required to take back sold batteries under its extended producer responsibility. This obligation may be met by the producer itself or by a delegated organisation for producer responsibility.

TESVOLT has therefore joined a take-back system for lithium batteries, which, as an organisation for manufacturer responsibility, arranges the take-back of batteries. This means that for each battery module that TESVOLT places on the market, it pays a fee to a joint take-back system (Gemeinsame Rücknahmesystem Batterie - GRS) to ensure that the batteries can be collected free of charge in Germany.

How does the collection system work?

As an end user, you can bring any battery modules you wish to recycle to your installer (distributor), to TESVOLT (producer) or, in some cases, to municipal recycling centres, from where the batteries are then collected. Please follow the regulations for the transportation of dangerous goods by road (ADR) and, if necessary, arrange suitable transportation.

As an installer (distributor), we recommend that you register with GRS as a take-back point, so you can arrange free collection of TESVOLT battery modules via a portal.
Alternatively, installers can contact TESVOLT directly to arrange for the battery modules to be collected. This option entails more work and may involve extra costs for additional transport routes

You may need to supply the following ADR information when you arrange transportation of battery modules:

  • 14S – module: Hazardous goods mass: 34/38 kg (net/gross) – ADR points: 96 per module
  • 22S – module: Hazardous goods mass: 54/58 kg (net/gross) – ADR points: 162 per module

Recycling rate

As a manufacturer, we are obliged under Section 15 (3) BattG to publish the recycling rates achieved in the previous year for waste industrial batteries in Germany on our website. The GRS prepares the required performance review on behalf of the manufacturer association and submits it to the responsible authority, the Federal Environment Agency.

In 2023, GRS achieved a recycling rate of 67.7%.

Battery Disposal

Since our shipments may contain batteries and rechargeable batteries, we are obliged by the Battery Act (BattG) to inform you of the following:

1. Batteries and rechargeable batteries must not be disposed of with household waste, but you are legally obliged to return used batteries and rechargeable batteries.

2. Waste batteries may contain harmful substances which, if not properly stored or disposed of, could damage the environment or your health.

3. Batteries also contain important raw materials such as. Iron, zinc, manganese or nickel and can be recycled.

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