Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or D3E) - Small equipment
Verified 24 octobre 2025 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Apparatus with all external dimensions less than 25 cm
You should not throw away your device with your household waste.
It is also forbidden to throw your device on the public road under penalty of being penalized by a fine.
You can drop off your device at any distributor with a sales area of at least 400 m² (e.g. department stores, DIY stores or home appliances), even if you have not made your purchase from them. Indeed, the distributor has the obligation to take back your device free of charge and no obligation to purchase a new device.
Similarly, batteries and accumulators (batteries) must be taken back free of charge and without obligation to purchase in the stores that sell them.
You can also drop off your device in a collection point.
To identify sites near you that take over electrical or electronic equipment, you can use a search tool:
Find a collection point near you (waste disposal, store, ...) with the Ecosystem website
Greater than 25 cm
You should not throw away your device with your household waste.
It is also forbidden to throw your device on the public road under penalty of being penalized by a fine.
The collection can be ensured by the town hall. To check this, you need to contact your town hall:
If there is no collection provided by your town hall, the equipment must be removed in a collection point.
To identify sites near you that take over electrical or electronic equipment, you can use a search tool:
Find a collection point near you (waste disposal, store, ...) with the Ecosystem website
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Obligation to take back
Obligation to take back and separate collection
Batteries and accumulators
Service Public
Ministry for the Environment
Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe)
Agency for Ecological Transition (Ademe)
Soren eco-organism
Ecosystem