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TCO'99-Ecological requirements for personal computers (TCO applied model only)

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.

This product meets the requirements for the TCO'99 scheme which provides for an international

environmental and quality labelling 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), Statens Energimyndighet(The

Swedish National Energy Administration) and SEMKO AB.

The requirements cover a wide range of issuse: environment, ergonomics, usability, reduction of electric

and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical safety.

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 climate-influencing

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?

The environmental demands has been developed by Svenska Naturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish

Society for Nature Conservation). These 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.

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 Development

SE-114 94 Stockholm, Sweden

Fax: +46 8 782 92 07

Email (Internet): development@tco.se

Current information regarding TCO'99 approved and labelled products may also be obtained via the

Internet, using the address: http://www.tco-info.com