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Protecting our environment
Gigaset E500/E500A / AUS / A31008-M2206-C401-1-7619 / appendix.fm / 01.03.2011
Protecting our
environment
Our environmental mission
statement
We, Gigaset Communications
GmbH, bear social responsibility
and are actively committed to a bet-
ter world. Our ideas, technologies
and actions serve people, society
and the environment. The aim of our
global activity is to secure sustaina-
ble life resources for humanity. We
are committed to a responsibility for
our products that comprises their
entire life cycle. The environmental
impact of products, including their
manufacture, procurement, distri-
bution, use, service and disposal, are
evaluated during product and proc-
ess design.
Further information on environmen-
tally friendly products and proc-
esses is available on the Internet at
www.gigaset.com.
Environmental management
system
Gigaset Communica-
tions GmbH is certi-
fied pursuant to the
international stand-
ards EN 14001 and
ISO 9001.
ISO 14001 (Environment):
certified
since September 2007 by TüV SÜD
Management Service GmbH.
ISO 9001 (Quality):
certified since
17/02/1994 by TüV SÜD Manage-
ment Service GmbH.
Ecological energy consumption
The use of ECO DECT (
saves energy and makes an active
contribution towards protecting the
environment.
Disposal
Batteries should not be disposed of in
general household waste. Observe
the local waste disposal regulations,
details of which can be obtained from
your local authority or the dealer you
purchased the product from.
All electrical and electronic equip-
ment must be disposed of sepa-
rately from general household
waste using the sites designated by
local authorities.
The appropriate dis-
posal and separate col-
lection of used equip-
ment serve to prevent
potential harm to the
environment and to health. They are
a precondition for the re-use and
recycling of used electrical and elec-
tronic equipment.
For further information on dispos-
ing of your used equipment, please
contact your local authority or your
refuse collection service.
Appendix
Care
Wipe the unit with a
damp cloth
or
an
antistatic cloth
. Do not use sol-
vents or microfibre cloths.
Never
use a dry cloth. This can cause
static.
