5How to avoid damage to the appli-ance• Do not use the cooking area as a worktop or stor-age space.• The frameless edge of the glass ceramic surface issusceptible to knocks. Please be careful whenmoving pots and pans around.• Do not have the cook zones on with empty pans,or with no pots or pans on them.• Ceramic glass is very tough, and impervious tosharp temperature changes, but is not unbreaka-ble. It can be damaged if particularly hard or sharpobjects fall on to it.• Do not use pots made of cast iron, or which havedamaged bases with rough edges or burrs. Movingthese around may cause scratches.• If sugar or a mixture containing sugar falls onto ahot cooking zone and melts, remove immediately,while still hot, using a kitchen scraper. If left to cooldown, it may damage the surface when removed.• Keep objects or materials liable to melt away fromthe ceramic glass surface, for example, artificialmaterials, aluminium foil, or cooking wraps. If anyother materials or foodstuffs are melting on the ce-ramic glass surface, these should also be cleanedaway immediately, using a kitchen scraper.2 DisposalDisposing of the packaging materi-alAll materials used can be fully recycled.Plastics are marked as follows:• >PE< for polyethylene, as used for the outer wrap-ping and the bags inside.• >PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g., as used for thepadding materials. They are completely free ofCFCs.Disposal of old appliances1 Warning: Before disposing of old appliancesplease make them inoperable so that theycannot be the source of danger.To do this, disconnect the appliance fromthe mains supply and remove the mainslead.To protect the environment, it is important that wornout appliances are disposed of in the correct man-ner.• The appliance must not be disposed of withhousehold rubbish.• You can obtain information about collection datesor public refuse disposal sites from your localCouncil or Environmental Health Office.