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x 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.

x Why do we have environmentally labelled 

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.

x 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.

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
Email (Internet): development@tco.se
Current information regarding TCO’99 approved and labelled 
products may also be obtained via the Internet, using the 
address: http://www.tco-info.com/

x Environmental requirements

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 chloride, and those flame retardants are chemically 
related to another group of environmental toxins, PCBs. Both the 
flame retardants containing bromine or chloride and the PCBs are 
suspected of giving rise to severe health effects, including 
reproductive damage in fish-eating birds and mammals, due to the 
bio-accumulative

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 processes. Flame retardants have been found in 

human blood and researchers fear that disturbances in foetus 
development may occur.

The relevant TCO’99 demand requires that plastic components 
weighing more than 25 grams must not contain flame retardants with 
organically bound bromine or chlorine. Flame retardants are 
allowed in the printed circuit boards since no substitutes are 
available.

Cadmium**

Cadmium is present in rechargeable batteries and in the colour-
generating layers of certain computer displays. Cadmium damages 
the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The relevant TCO’99 
requirement states that batteries, the colour-generating layers of 
display screens and the electrical or electronics components must 
not contain any cadmium.

Mercury**

Mercury is sometimes found in batteries, relays and switches. It 
damages the nervous system and is toxic in high doses. The relevant 
TCO’99 requirement states that batteries may not contain any 
mercury. It also demands that mercury is not present in any of the 
electrical or electronics components associated with the labelled 
unit.

The relevant TCO’99 requirement states that neither CFCs nor 
HCFCs may be used during the manufacture and assembly of the 
product. CFCs (freons) are sometimes used for washing printed 
circuit boards. CFCs break down ozone and thereby damage the 
ozone layer in the stratosphere, causing increased reception on earth 
of ultraviolet light with e.g. increased risks of skin cancer (malignant 
melanoma) as a consequence.

Lead**

Lead can be found in picture tubes, display screens, solders and 
capacitors. Lead damages the nervous system and in higher doses, 
causes lead poisoning. The relevant TCO’99 requirement permits 
the inclusion of lead since no replacement has yet been developed.

* Bio-accumulative is defined as substances which accumulate 

within living organisms.

**Lead, Cadmium and Mercury are heavy metals which are Bio-

accumulative.