The invention relates to a discharge device (10) having a housing with two housing sections (20 30) which are mutually movable driven in a lifting manner a discharge opening (23) for discharging a medium and a reservoir (12a) for storing the medium wherein by a manual lifting motion of the housing sections with respect to each other medium can be conveyed from the reservoir (12a) to the discharge opening the discharge device has an electrical load (50) the discharge device has an electromechanical generator (70) for converting the mechanical energy introduced during the actuation into electrical energy for supplying the electrical load and the electromagnetic generator comprises a component (74) which comprises a magnet and a component (72) which comprises a conductor which is connected to the electrical load wherein one of the components (72) is fixed relative to one of the housing sections (30) and one of the components (74) is movable relative to the fixed component (72).