
Since March 2006, consumers have been required by the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) to dispose of used lamps (with the exception of incandescent lamps and halogen lamps) in a professional and environmentally friendly manner, i.e. to hand them in at a municipal collection point or recycling center. The lamps that may no longer be disposed of in household waste include:
- Fluorescent lamps (fluorescent tubes)
- Discharge lamps (including metal halide lamps)
- LED lamps
- Compact fluorescent lamps with or without ballast (energy saving lamps)