take-e-way News and Press Releases

In the course of the amendment to the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG = German WEEE conversion), a conversion of categories and device types was necessary last year.

Manufacturers of so-called "passive" devices are therefore required to submit a corresponding application for registration with the EAR Foundation in good time by 1 May 2019.

Beginning 1st of January 2019 the new Packaging Act (VerpackG) will take effect in Germany.

Both websites will be temporarily unavailable until Tuesday, 30 January 2018.

Both websites will be temporarily unavailable on Saturday, 7 March 2020.

take-e-way took back nearly 7000 metric tons of WEEE in 2016

It is our sincere hope that this event only forms the prelude to a continued betterment of the circumstances for the implementation of the WEEE directive by retailers and SMEs

The take-e-way GmbH offers Trusted Shops customers a comprehensive and non-bureaucratic handling of WEEE, battery directive and packaging ordinance matters in all EU member states.

The fee reduction is going to automatically benefit our customers selling screen devices, small electrical devices and illuminants in Austria.

As recently reported by the German news magazine „Focus“, the German customs authorities at the Frankfurt airport confiscated 35 tons of fidget spinners this past month, alone.