Press release LK MOL 42/2025
Electrical waste is the fastest-growing waste stream worldwide. Every year, millions of end-of-life electrical appliances end up unused in drawers or are mistakenly disposed of as general waste. At around 32 per cent, the collection rate for old electrical appliances in Germany remains significantly too low.
That is why the nationwide campaign ‘Every Plug Counts! Germany Collects E-Waste’ will be launched on 6 October 2025. The aim is to use awareness-raising and PR campaigns around International E-Waste Day on 14 October to promote a higher collection rate for old electrical appliances in future. This is the only way to recover the valuable materials contained in end-of-life electrical appliances and reduce the burden on the environment.
The Märkisch-Oderland Waste Management Authority is also aiming to help increase the amount of electronic waste collected by organising its own collection day on Tuesday 14 October. For this reason, between 1 pm and 6 pm on that day, people will be able to hand in small electrical appliances with a maximum side length of 25 cm directly at the waste management company’s site in Strausberg, Klosterstraße 18. Every visitor who hands in a faulty appliance will receive a small gift. In addition, staff from the waste advice service will be on hand at the EMO stand, set up in the courtyard of the site, to provide information on the correct collection of electronic waste and batteries or rechargeable batteries.
Disposing of electronic waste is incredibly easy!
In general, electronic waste can be conveniently disposed of during the campaign weeks – and, of course, at other times as well. Many supermarkets, DIY stores and electrical retailers accept small electrical appliances up to a certain size free of charge – even without a new purchase. Alternatively, appliances of any size can be collected as part of the EMO’s household bulky waste, electrical and scrap collection scheme, subject to prior booking. Furthermore, old electrical appliances can be handed in free of charge at any time at the waste transfer station in Rüdersdorf and at the ALBA depot in Wriezen.
The Märkisch-Oderland Waste Management Authority therefore asks all residents of the district to dispose of their end-of-life or faulty electrical appliances properly and regularly. This also includes e-cigarettes, which – like all other waste electrical and electronic equipment – do not belong in the household waste bin.
Further information on the campaign weeks, as well as a list of collection points, can be found at:
www.abfallberatung.mol.de and at www.e-schrott-aktionswochen.org.
Märkisch-Oderland District