Berlin E-Waste Drop Map: Which Door Takes It for Free
Which door takes your old electronics in Berlin for free. Pick a phone, vape, battery, laptop or fridge: the tool shows what to do before it leaves the flat, the free doors in the order I would try them, and which of the 14 BSR recycling yards take it. Checked on 18 October 2026.
Small devices up to 25 cm go back to big supermarkets and electronics stores with nothing to buy. Vapes go back to any shop that sells them since 1 July 2026.
Most of the drawer can leave on the way to buy bread. This map shows which device goes where, and when the recycling yard is the only door.
What the map shows
Old electronics in Berlin can leave through several free doors: the Späti for vapes, any shop that sells batteries, the collection box in a big supermarket or drugstore for devices up to 25 cm, an electronics store, a BSR Kieztag, or one of the 14 BSR recycling yards. Pick the device in your hand and the tool walks you through what to do before it leaves the flat, which door I would try first, and which yards on the map take it.
How to use it
Pick one device. The ruler shows whether it sits under the 25 cm line that decides if a shop box has to take it.
Read the two or three things to do first: wipe and sign out, take the batteries out, tape lithium poles.
Open the free door. The list is ranked by effort, and the map marks the yards that fit: all of them for most devices, the five with a used-goods counter for things that still work. Berliner Straße is closed until 14 November 2026.
Where the rules come from
Take-back rules come from the ElektroG as explained by the Umweltbundesamt, the battery law (BattDG section 14) and the e-cigarette rule in force since 1 July 2026. Yard list, acceptance terms and fees come from BSR. Yard locations are geocoded from the BSR addresses on OpenStreetMap; district boundaries from ODIS Berlin. Checked on 18 October 2026.