Product environmental protection at Rittal

About environmental protection at Rittal

RoHS compliance
All our products comply with the EU RoHS Directive "RoHS II" 2011/65/EU (Recast 2002/95/EG) and the associated Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/863 ("RoHS III").

WEEE compliance: WEEE Reg.-No. 11161726
We registered for the relevant B2B categories under Rittal WEEE Reg No. 11161726.

Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances

What is REACH?
The registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals reflects the latest new chemicals legislation within the EU.

The core aspects are:

  • Clear regulation of the registration and authorisation of "chemicals". All "substances" (chemicals) with a production/import volume per annum of one tonne or more must be registered by the manufacturers/importers. Registration occurs solely with the European Chemicals Agency (EchA).
  • Reversal of the burden of proof onto the manufacturer of "chemicals" Under REACH, manufacturers are required to "actively" notify their customers of the use of "substances of concern" and/or to offer alternatives. This means that Rittal must be "actively" informed by its suppliers, and must in turn "actively" notify its customers.
  • No Data - No Market

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Rittal's climate control products meet the Ozone Regulation (EU) 2024/590.

The refrigerants used by us are CFC-free HFC refrigerants. They do not contain any chlorine, and have an ozone depletion potential (ODP) of zero.
In particular, Rittal uses the following refrigerants:

  • R134a
  • R407C
  • R410A
  • R513a

These refrigerants are not controlled substances as covered by the Ozone Regulation (EU) 2024/590 and do not belong to the halon group of chemicals.
The following Rittal products are filled with refrigerant:

  • Enclosure cooling units (R134a, R513a)
  • Climate control doors, enclosures and side panels (R134a, R513a)
  • Recooling systems (R134a, R407C, R410A or R513a)
  • Cooling units Blue e+ S series (R513a)

All climate control units have hermetically sealed refrigeration circuits.
Please refer to the relevant safety data sheets for more information on the refrigerants used by Rittal.

Customer information on the return of industrial batteries

Rittal GmbH & Co. KG is very rarely the first company to place industrial batteries on the market. As a general rule, Rittal will accept the return of sold batteries free of charge at its delivery centres or headquarters. Due to the size of the company, there may be differing regulations in individual cases which either stipulate the return to and recovery of batteries by appointed companies, or contractual agreements with customers in this regard.

Our statement "Conflict Minerals Policy" and our Rittal Conflict Minerals Reporting Template "Conflict Minerals CMRT" are available for downloading:

Our statement "VerpackG Compliance" is available for downloading: