Lenovo T560 Manual page 44

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.
Below 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
E-mail (Internet): development@tco.se
Current information regarding TCO 99 approved and labeled products may also be obtained via the
Internet, using the address: http://www.tcodevelopment.com/
Environmental requirements
Flame retardants
Flame retardants are present in printed circuit boards, cables, wires, casings and housings. Their purpose is
to prevent, or at least to delay the spread of fire. Up to 30% of the plastic in a computer casing can consist of
flame retardant substances. Most flame retardants contain bromine or chlorine, and those flame retardants
are chemically related to PCBs. Both the flame retardants containing bromine or chlorine and the PCBs are