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Removal and Disposal
of old appliances
Disposal of your old
appliance
Old appliances contain materials which
can be recovered and should, therefore,
be disposed of at an official centre for
the collection and recovery of recyclable
materials.
You should render your old appliance
useless prior to disposing of it and
replacing it with a new one:
• Unplug your appliance from the mains
electricity supply.
• Cut the mains cable on your appliance
and remove it, together with the plug.
• Remove all locks and/or closure
fittings from the door or disable them in
order to prevent any children that
might come to play with the appliance
from getting locked inside and running
the risk of death (suffocation).
All refrigeration and freezing appliances
contain insulating and refrigerating
gases which need to be specially treated
and disposed of. Make sure that the
piping on your appliance’s cold circuit is
not damaged in any way before
disposing of it at your local Official
Collection Centre.
Recommendations for
the disposal of packing
material
Do not let children play with the packing
material or any part of it. This appliance
is not a toy! The cardboard and plastic
sheeting used for packing may give rise
to suffocation!
The packing material is there to protect
your new appliance during transportation
to your home. All the packing materials
used are environmentally friendly and
can either be recycled or re-used.
Help protect the environment by making
sure that packing material is disposed
of/recycled by environmentally friendly
means.
Your Supplier or Local Authority will be
pleased to inform you as to how these
materials may best be disposed of in
such a way as not to harm the
environment.
This appliance is labelled in
accordance with European Directive
2002/96/EG concerning used electrical
and electronic appliances (waste
electrical and electronic equipment -
WEEE). The guideline determines the
framework for the return and recycling of
used appliances as applicable
throughout the EU.
Safety Advice and
General Warnings
Read and observe both these
instructions of use and all other
information that comes with your
appliance. Keep these instructions for
later use or for later owners.
This appliance has been designed for
• use solely in a household environment,
• the refrigeration and freezing of food.
Should the appliance be used for
industrial purposes, then the relevant
rules and standards should be taken into
consideration.