TCO’99Congratulations!You have just purchased a TCO'99 approvedand labelled product! Your choice hasprovided you with a product developed forprofessional use. Your purchase has alsocontributed to reducing the burden on theenvironment and also to the furtherdevelopment of environmentally adaptedelectronics products.Why do we have environmentally labelledcomputers?In many countries, environmental labelling has become an establishedmethod for encouraging the adaptation of goods and services to theenvironment. The main problem, as far as computers and otherelectronics equipment are concerned, is that environmentally harmfulsubstances are used both in the products and during their manufacture.Since it is not so far possible to satisfactorily recycle the majority ofelectronics equipment, most of these potentially damaging substancessooner or later enter nature.There are also other characteristics of a computer, such as energyconsumption levels, that are important from the viewpoints of both thework (internal) and natural (external) environments. Since all methods ofelectricity generation have a negative effect on the environment (e.g.acidic and climate-influencing emissions, radioactive waste), it is vital tosave energy. Electronics equipment in offices is often left runningcontinuously and thereby consumes a lot of energy.What does labelling involve?This product meets the requirements for the TCO'99 scheme whichprovides for international and environmental labelling of personalcomputers. The labelling scheme was developed as a joint effort by theTCO (The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), SvenskaNaturskyddsforeningen (The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation)and Statens Energimyndighet (The Swedish National EnergyAdministration).Approval requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment,ergonomics, usability, emission of electric and magnetic fields, energyconsumption and electrical and fire safety.