TCO‘95
Congratulations!
You have just purchased a TCO’95 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.
Why do we have environmentally labelled
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 the manufacturing. Since it has not been possible for the
majority of electronics equipment to be recycled in a satisfactory
way, 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 conventional electricity generation have a negative effect
on the environment (acidic and climate-influencing emissions,
radioactive waste, etc.), it is vital to conserve energy. Electronics
equipment in offices consume an enormous amount of energy since
they are often left running continuously.
What does labelling involve?
This product meets the requirements for the TCO’95 scheme which
provides for international and environmental labelling of personal
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Project Fujitsu x150f Display Unit print original
Writer Marita Näsman-Repo
Date
March 2, 1998
