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Congratulations!

You

have

just

purchased

a

TCO'99

approved

and

labelled

product!

Your

choice

has

provided

you

with

a

product

developed

for

professional

use.

Your

purchase

has

also

contributed

to

reducing

the

burden

on

the

environment

and

also

to

the

further

development

of

environmentally

adapted

electronics

products.

Why

do

we

have

environmentally

labelled

computers?

In

many

countries,

environmental

labelling

has

become

an

established

method

for

encouraging

the

adaptation

of

goods

and

services

to

the

environment.

The

main

problem,

as

far

as

computers

and

other

electronics

equipment

are

concerned,

is

that

environmentally

harmful

substances

are

used

both

in

the

products

and

during

their

manufacture.

Since

it

is

not

so

far

possible

to

satisfactorily

recycle

the

majority

of

electronics

equipment,

most

of

these

potentially

damaging

substances

sooner

or

later

enter

nature.

There

are

also

other

characteristics

of

a

computer,

such

as

energy

consumption

levels,

that

are

important

from

the

viewpoints

of

both

the

work

(internal)

and

natural

(external)

environments.

Since

all

methods

of

electricity

generation

have

a

negative

effect

on

the

environment

(e.g.

acidic

and

climateinfluencing

emissions,

radioactive

waste),

it

is

vital

to

save

energy.

Electronics

equipment

in

offices

is

often

left

running

continuously

and

thereby

consumes

a

lot

of

energy.

What

does

labelling

involve?

This

product

meets

the

requirements

for

the

TCO'99

scheme

which

provides

for

international

and

environmental

labelling

of

personal

computers.

The

labelling

scheme

was

developed

as

a

joint

effort

by

the

TCO

(The

Swedish

Confederation

of

Professional

Employees),

Svenska

Naturskyddsforeningen

(The

Swedish

Society

for

Nature

Conservation)

and

Statens

Energimyndighet

(The

Swedish

National

Energy

Administration).

Approval

requirements

cover

a

wide

range

of

issues:

environment,

ergonomics,

usability,

emission

of

electric

and

magnetic

fields,

energy

consumption

and

electrical

and

fire

safety.

The

environmental

demands

impose

restrictions

on

the

presence

and

use

of

heavy

metals,

brominated

and

chlorinated

flame

retardants,

CFCs

(freons)

and

chlorinated

solvents,

among

other

things.

The

product

must

be

prepared

for

recycling

and

the

manufacturer

is

obliged

to

have

an

environmental

policy

which

must

be adhered

to

in

each

country

where

the

company

implements

its

operational

policy.

The

energy

requirements

include

a

demand

that

the

computer

and/or

display,

after

a

certain

period

of

inactivity,

shall

reduce

its

power

consumption

to

a

lower

level

in

one

or

more

stages.

The

length

of

time

to

reactivate

the

computer

shall

be

reasonable

for

the

user.

Labelled

products

must

meet

strict

environmental

demands,

for

example,

in

respect

of

the

reduction

of

electric

and

magnetic

fields,

physical

and

visual

ergonomics

and

good

usability.

Below

you

will

find

a

brief

summary

of

the

environmental

requirements

met

by

this

product.

The

complete

environmental

criteria

document

may

be

ordered

from:

TCO

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