Samsung 171B, 171S, 181B

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

You have just purchased a TCO'99 approved and labelled product! Your choi ce has provided you with a

product developed for professional use. Your purchase has also cont ributed to reducing the burden on the

environment and also to the further development of environmentally a dapted electronics products.

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

environmental and quality labelling labelling of personal computer s. The labelling scheme was developed as

a joint effort by the TCO(The Swedish Confederation of Professional Emp loyees), 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, ergonom ics, usability, reduction of electric and

magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical safety.

In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established m ethod 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 s ubstances 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 substance s 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) environ ments. Since all methods of

electricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (e.g. aci dic and climate-influencing

emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital to save energy. Electronics equip ment in offices is often left running

continuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.

The environmental demands has been developed by Svenska Natur skyddsforeningen (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 othe r things. The

product must be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is oblige d to have an environmental policy which

must be adhered to in each country where the company implements its opera tional policy.

The energy requirements include a demand that the computer and/or display, afte r 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 b y this product. The complete

environmental criteria document may be ordered from:

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