Terms Of Use
Preliminary remark
A. Minimise GmbH, based at Meyerbeerstr 35, 13088 Berlin, Germany (“Minimise”), is the owner and operator of the internet platform “minimise.today”. The platform aims to provide users with advice and support e-waste recycling services from a consumer perspective.
B. Users (“Users”) receive advice on “Minimise.today” to optimize their electronic waste recycling and support with recycling decisions and measures.
C. Via the web-based site ("Minimise") provided by Minimise, users are guided through the platform by means of digital advice to recycle resources from e-waste and promote sustainable use of e-waste.
1. Scope
1.1 These General Terms of Use of “Minimise.today” (“Terms of Use”) apply to the use of “Minimise” by users in the version valid at the time of consent. The User's use of the Services is subject to these Terms of Use. Changes require the written consent of Minimise.
1.2 Use within the meaning of Section 1.1 includes the entry of information and data by the user for the purpose of recycling electronic waste and to support recycling measures. Minimise's activity is limited to receiving information and data and making it technically available.
2. How Minimise works and how to use it
2.1 The site is intended to receive information and data from users and to provide technical support for electronic waste recycling.
2.2 Depending on the desired recycling measures, the user enters information on the page such as contact details and other relevant information. By entering and confirming, the user consents to the use of this information and data by Minimise.
2.3 The site supports the user in selecting suitable recycling measures.
2.4 The use of the site is free of charge for users.
2.5 If the user provides information to Minimise on the site in order to enable recycling measures, the data must be provided truthfully and completely.
2.6 The user of the site is prohibited from extracting the information and data displayed on the platform in bulk (e.g. through “scraping”) and/or from reusing the information and data outside of the platform.
3. Limited availability of the Minimise platform
The unrestricted availability of the site is not guaranteed. Minimise is entitled to partially or completely discontinue the availability of the Platform, especially if maintenance or revision is necessary for technical and/or operational reasons.
4. Liability
4.1 If Minimise displays information from cooperation partners on the platform, Minimise only displays information from the cooperation partners. There is no check for accuracy and topicality. Minimise is not liable for such content. In the event of any errors made by Minimise, Minimise will be liable in accordance with Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of these Terms of Use.
4.2 Minimise is liable for damages in accordance with the statutory provisions, unless otherwise provided below. In the event of breaches of duty - regardless of the legal reason - Minimise is only liable in the event of intent or gross negligence. In the case of simple negligence, Minimise is only liable in the event of a breach of an essential contractual obligation (obligation, the fulfillment of which enables the proper execution of the contract in the first place and on whose compliance the platform user regularly trusts and may rely); In this case, however, liability is limited to compensation for foreseeable, typically occurring damage.
4.3 The above limitations of liability do not apply to (i) strict liability and within the framework of mandatory statutory provisions, (ii) acceptance of a guarantee or a quality agreement, (iii) fraudulent concealment of defects and (iv) damage resulting from injury to life, limb or The Health.
5. Alternative Dispute Resolution
5.1 The EU Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution on the Internet at the following
link. This platform is used for the out-of-court settlement of disputes arising from online purchase or service contracts in which a consumer is involved.
5.2 Minimise is neither obliged nor willing to take part in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration board.
6. Final provisions
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies to all legal relationships between the parties. This choice of law only applies to the extent that it does not deprive the protection provided by mandatory provisions of the law of the country in which the consumer has his habitual residence.
