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19TCO’99Congratulations! You have just purchased a TCO’99 approved andlabelled product! Your choice has provided you with a product developedfor professional use. Your purchase has also contributed to reducing theburden on the environment and also to the further development ofenvironmentally adapted electronics products.Why do we have environmentally labelled computers?In many countries, environmental labelling has become an established method for encourag-ing the adaptation of goods and services to the environment. The main problem, as far ascomputers and other electronics equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmfulsubstances are used both in the products and during the manufacturing. Since it has not beenpossible for the majority of electronics equipment to be recycled in a satisfactory way, mostof these potentially damaging substances sooner or later enter Nature.There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energy consumption levels, that areimportant from the viewpoints of both the work (Internal) and natural (external) environments.Since all methods of conventional electricity generation have a negative effect on theenvironment (acidic and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste, etc.), it is vital toconserve energy. Electronics equipment in offices consume an enormous amount of energysince they are often left running continuously.What does labelling involve?This product meets the requirements for the TCO’99 scheme which provides for international andenvironmental labelling of personal computers. The labelling scheme was developed as a jointeffort by the TCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), SvenskaNaturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation) and Statens Energimyndighet(The Swedish National Energy Administration).The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, usability, emission ofelectrical and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical and fire safety.The environmental demands concern restrictions on the presence and use of heavy metals,brominated and chlorinated flame retardants, CFCs (freons) and chlorinated solvents, among otherthings. The product must be prepared for recycling and the manufacturer is obliged to have anenvironmental plan which must be adhered to in each country where the company implements itsoperational 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 ormore 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 reductionof electric and magnetic fields, physical and visual ergonomics and good usability.Environmental RequirementsFlame retardantsFlame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, wires, casings and housings. In turn,they delay the spread of fire. Up to thirty percent of the plastic in a computer casing can consist offlame retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chloride and these arerelated to another group of environmental toxins, PCBs, which are suspected to give rise to severehealth effects, including reproductive damage in fisheating birds and mammals, due to the bio-