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Congratulations!

You have just purchased a TCO99 approved and labeled 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 labeled computers?

In many countries, environmental labeling has become an established method for encouraging the

adaptation of goods and services to the environment. With the growing manufacture and usage of

electronic equipment throughout the world, there is a recognized concern for the materials and

substances used by electronic products with regards to their eventual recycling and disposal. By proper

selection of these materials and substances, the impact on the environment can be minimized. 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. Electronic

equipment in offices is often left running continuously, resulting in unnecessary consumption of large

amounts of energy and additional power generation. From the standpoint of carbon emissions alone, it

is vital to save energy.

What does labeling involve?

This product meets the requirements for the TCO99 scheme which provides for international and

environmental labeling of personal computers. The labeling 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,

emission of electric and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical safety. Environmental

criteria impose restrictions on the presence and use of heavy metals, brominated and chlorinated flame

retardants, CFCs (freons) and chlorinated solvents, and other materials.

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.

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.

Labeled products must meet strict environmental demands, for example, in respect of the reduction of

electric and magnetic fields as well as physical and visual ergonomics.

Congratulations!

You have just purchased a TCO95 approved and labeled 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 labeled computers?

In many countries, environmental labeling has become an established method for encouraging the adaptation

of goods and services to the environment. With the growing manufacture and usage of electronic equipment

throughout the world, there is a recognized concern for the materials and substances used by electronic

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