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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.

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?

This product meets the requirements for the TCO'99 scheme, which provides for international and environmental 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) and Statens Energimyndighet (The

Swedish National Energy Administration). Approval requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics,

usability, emission of electric and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical and fire safety. The environmental 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. Labelled products must meet strict environmental demands, for example, in respect of the reduction of electric and

magnetic fields, physical and visual ergonomics and good usability. On the Back page of this folder, 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): [email protected]

Current information regarding TCO'99 approved and labeled products may also be obtained via the Internet, using the address:

http://www.tco-info.com/

Page1-2 stands for TCO'99 model only.

Please see back label for model distinction.