Disposal and recycling

Advance recycling fee

Our prices include the advance recycling fee (ARF). It finances the proper collection and recovery of electrical and electronic equipment in Switzerland. You therefore pay nothing further for returning an old device.

Returning old devices

Disused electrical and electronic devices must not be disposed of with household waste. Under the Ordinance on the Return, Taking Back and Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ORDEE), you are obliged to return them.

We take back devices of the kind we stock (for example notebooks, PCs, monitors, printers and accessories) free of charge, regardless of where they were purchased and whether you buy a new device. You can also hand them in at any official collection point or at other retailers of such devices.

Please erase your personal data before returning a device. For businesses we offer certified data erasure with proof.

Batteries and rechargeable batteries

Used batteries and rechargeable batteries must be returned; they must not be put in the household waste. You can hand them in free of charge to us and at any point of sale that sells batteries, as well as at the municipal collection points.

Permanently installed rechargeable batteries remain in the device and are returned together with it. Please do not send damaged or swollen rechargeable batteries by post, but hand them in after consulting us.

Devices with residual value

Many devices are too good for recycling. We buy back used IT, refurbish it and give it a second life. More on this at IT remarketing and trade-in.

Returns at our premises

VarioTrade AG
Lenzburgerstrasse 9
CH-5504 Othmarsingen
Phone: +41 56 419 11 11
E-mail: verkauf@variotrade.ch

Mon–Thu 9:00 – 17:00 (drop-off until 16:30), Fri until 16:00. For larger quantities, please notify us in advance.