EU shipping & packaging compliance.
All Prutka microphones and accessories are hand-assembled to order and shipped directly from Croatia to customers within the European Union.
Our packaging is designed in line with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and applicable environmental sustainability requirements. Your order is shipped using plastic-free external transport packaging, including premium cardboard boxes and paper-based honeycomb wrap to protect your audio equipment during transit.
Inside the box, your microphone is enclosed in a high-quality anti-static bag designed to protect sensitive electronics from electrostatic discharge during handling and transport.
Germany — LUCID compliance
In accordance with the German Packaging Act (VerpackDG), our company is registered with the LUCID packaging register of the Central Agency Packaging Register (Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister — ZSVR) under registration number DE2386260891999. As a producer of packaged goods, we participate in a certified Dual System (Interzero) to ensure that all our shipping and product packaging sent to Germany is fully licensed, collected, and recycled.
Italy — Environmental labeling (Etichettatura Ambientale)
In compliance with Legislative Decree 116/2020, please find below the environmental labeling for proper waste separation in Italy. Please always check your local municipal guidelines (Verifica le disposizioni del tuo Comune) for specific disposal instructions:
- Cardboard box & honeycomb paper wrap: PAP 20 (Paper / Raccolta carta)
- Anti-static shielding bag: C/LDPE 90 or PET 90 (Plastic / Raccolta plastica)
How to recycle (general EU guidelines)
- Cardboard box & honeycomb paper wrap: Recyclable. Please dispose of them according to your local paper recycling guidelines.
- Anti-static shielding bag: Recyclable where accepted by local recycling facilities. Please dispose of it according to your local plastic recycling guidelines.
- The microphones: In compliance with the EU WEEE Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, all our devices feature the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol. Do not dispose of the microphone in standard household waste. At the end of its lifecycle, take it to an appropriate local collection point or recycling facility for electrical and electronic equipment.
- 3D printed accessories: Made from polyamide 12 (PA12). Please dispose of them according to your local guidelines for plastic products.