Sony CPD-E100P: Appendix

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Appendix

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TCO’99 Eco-document

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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/

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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 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.

CFCs (freons)

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.

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