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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 pr oduct! Your choice has provided you with a
product developed for professional use. Your purchase has a lso contributed to reducing the burden on the
environment and also to the further development of envi ronmentally adapted electronics products.
This product meets the requirements for the TCO'99 scheme which provides for an international
environmental and quality labelling labelling of perso nal computers. The labelling scheme was developed as
a joint effort by the TCO(The Swedish Confederation of Pro fessional Employees),
Svenska Naturskyddsforeningen(The Swedish Society for N ature Conservation),
Statens Energimyndighet(The Swedish National Energy Admini stration) and SEMKO AB.
The requirements cover a wide range of issuse: environm ent, 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 p roblem, as far as computers and other
electronics equipment are concerned, is that environmental ly 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 dama ging substances sooner or later enter nature.
There are also other characteristics of a computer, su ch as energy consumption levels, that are important
from the viewpoints of both the work (internal) and natural (exte rnal) environments. Since all methods of
electricity generation have a negative effect on the environm ent (e.g. acidic and climate-influencing
emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital to save energy.
Electronics equipment in offices is often left running conti nuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.
What does labelling involve?
The environmental demands has been developed by Svens ka Naturskyddsforeningen
(The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation). These demands impose r estrictions on the presence and use
of heavy metals, brominated and chlorinated flame retardan ts, CFCs(freons)and chlorinated solvents,
among other things. The product must be prepared for recycling and the manufa cturer is obliged to have an
environmental policy which must be adhered to in each cou ntry where the company implements its
operational policy.
The energy requirements include a demand that the computer an d/or display, after a certain period of
inactivity, shall reduce its power consumption to a lower lev el 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 requ irements met by this product.
The complete environmental criteria document may be or dered from:
Regulatory