TCO’95
Congratulations! You have just purchased a
TCO’95 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 servicesto 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 productsand during the manufacturing.
Since it has not been possible for the majorityof electronics equipment to
be recycled in a satisfactory way, most of these potentiallydamaging
substances sooner or later enter Nature.
There are also other characteristics of acomputer, such as energy
consumption levels, that are important from the viewpointsof both the
work (internal) and natural (external) environments. Since all methodsof
conventional electricity generation have a negative effect on the
environment (acidic and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste,
etc.), it is vital to conserveenergy. Electronics equipment in offices
consume an enormous amount of energy since they are often leftrunn ing
continuously.

What does labelling involve?

This product meets the requirements for the TCO’95 scheme which
provides for international and environmental labelling of personal
computers. The labelling scheme was developed as a joint effort bythe
TCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees),
Naturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation)
and NUTEK (The National Board for Industrial and Technical
Development in Sweden).
The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics,
usability, emission of electrical and magneticfields, energy consumption
and electrical and fire safety.

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