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Environmental Protection and Sustainability at session
Environmental and Resource Awareness
As a retailer with two large branches and an increasingly in-demand mail order business, we are aware of our ecological responsibility. We therefore do our utmost to make our behaviour as resource-efficient and sustainable as possible.
The building newly constructed in 2012 in Walldorf with 3,000 m2 of sales area and office space over six floors, for example, was fitted with particularly efficient climate control technology and a solar array that, at 51 kWp, generates a large part of the daily energy demand.
Bags – Disposable item or accessory?
To avoid waste we have removed our plastic shopping bags from the range. Although these were already "biodegradable", their proper disposal is not guaranteed and their reusability is limited.
In recent years it has also become apparent that our customers increasingly do not want a bag because they already have one with them – a tote or a rucksack – which is practical and suits you perfectly, keep it up!
Disposal and Recycling of Packaging Waste
To ensure musical instruments survive the entire supply chain from the manufacturer to your hands undamaged, they are often extensively packaged. This generates a lot of cardboard and plastic padding. To make sure these materials can be recycled, we separate and collect them and hand them over to our partner interseroh for recycling. We are happy to keep packaging and parts of it that you don’t need right away on your behalf. interseroh will also tell you about drop-off points in your area if you call 0800 1010855 (toll-free). Alternatively, you can simply dispose of plastic and paper packaging in the paper recycling or in the Yellow Bin (Gelbe Tonne).
interseroh recycling certificate and confirmation of participation in the Dual System 2016
Disposal of Batteries
Batteries must not be put into household waste under any circumstances. They contain toxic substances that can cause harm during waste processing. As an end consumer you are therefore obliged to return used batteries. This allows potentially hazardous substances to be recovered. Batteries or accumulators that contain hazardous substances are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin. The chemical designation of the hazardous substance is also indicated: Cd stands for cadmium, Pb for lead and Hg for mercury.
You can return batteries free of charge after use at the point of sale or at municipal collection points. You can even simply send them back to us:
session GmbH & Co. KG
Central Warehouse/Returns: Waste Batteries
Wiesenstraße 3
69190 Walldorf
Disposal of End-of-Life Equipment
We are happy to help you try to give an ageing electronic instrument a new lease of life. Sometimes, however, such a device has simply reached the end of its life. As painful as it is for us to dispose of old instruments or equipment, we will gladly ensure they are processed so that their usable raw materials are recycled – and perhaps experience a rebirth. As a mixer. Or a telephone.
We are a member of the take-e-back return system. Further information can be found at www.take-e-back.de.
Further information can be found at the end of this page.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment – Information for Private Households
The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG) contains a variety of requirements for dealing with electrical and electronic equipment. The most important points are summarised here.
1. Separate collection of waste equipment
Electrical and electronic equipment that has become waste is referred to as waste equipment. Owners of waste equipment must ensure these items are collected separately from unsorted municipal waste. Waste equipment should not, in particular, be disposed of in household waste, but in special collection and return systems.
2. Batteries and accumulators as well as lamps
Owners of waste equipment should, as a rule, separate waste batteries and waste accumulators that are not enclosed by the waste equipment, as well as lamps that can be removed without damage from the waste equipment, before handing the equipment in at a collection point. This does not apply where waste equipment is prepared for reuse with the involvement of a public waste management authority.
3. Options for returning waste equipment
Owners of waste equipment from private households can hand them in free of charge at the collection points of the public waste management authorities or at return points established by manufacturers or distributors within the meaning of the ElektroG. If you ordered online or in our shops, you can either hand the device in to us, request a take-back by emailing service@session.de or find a return point near you here: www.take-e-back.de
The possibility of free return of a waste device exists for distributors obliged to take items back, among other cases, when a new similar device that essentially fulfils the same functions is delivered to an end-user.
You have the opportunity to return a waste device free of charge that is of a similar type or has a similar function to a newly purchased device in exchange. This means, for example, if you buy a compact stereo system, you can return an old compact stereo system or have it collected.
This applies to devices of categories 1, 2 or 4 according to § 2 (1) ElektroG, namely "heat exchangers", "display devices" or "large equipment" (the latter having at least one external dimension over 50 centimetres).
There is also the option of free return at distributors' collection points regardless of the purchase of a new device for waste devices no larger than 25 centimetres in any external dimension, limited to three waste devices per device type.
4. Data protection notice
Waste equipment often contains sensitive personal data. This is particularly true for information and telecommunications technology devices such as computers and smartphones. For your own protection, please note that each end-user is responsible for deleting data on devices to be disposed of.
5. Meaning of the "crossed-out wheeled bin" symbol
The symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin, which is regularly shown on electrical and electronic equipment, indicates that the device must be collected separately from unsorted municipal waste at the end of its life.
6. Note on waste prevention
Under the provisions of Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and its implementation in the laws of the Member States of the European Union, waste prevention measures generally take priority over waste management measures. For electrical and electronic equipment, waste prevention measures include in particular extending their service life by repairing defective devices and selling functional used devices instead of disposing of them. Further information is available in the Federal Waste Prevention Programme with the Participation of the Länder.