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hp L1815 LCD Monitor
Regulatory Information
TCO '99
Congratulations! You have just purchased a TCO'95 or 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.
This product meets the requirements for the TCO'95 or TCO'99 scheme
which provides for an international environmental and quality 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),
Statens Energimyndighet (The Swedish National Energy Administration) and
SEMKO AB.
The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics,
usability, reduction of electric and magnetic fields, energy consumption and
electrical safety.
Why do we have environmentally labeled 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 the environmental labeling involve?
The environmental demands has been developed by Svenska
Naturskyddsforeningen (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 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.
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