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European Union(Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK) |
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| Recycling |
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| Product take back |
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| Easily separable parts |
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| Most plastic and metal parts must be recyclable |
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| No glued or welded connections |
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| No metalization of parts |
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| No metallic varnish, paint, or lacquer |
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| Must use at least 2% recycled glass in monitors |
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| Design |
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| Modular design |
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| Upgradeable |
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| Needs no special tools to disassemble |
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| Has one or more empty slots |
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| Packaging |
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| No halogenated polymers |
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Energy (all 4 labels have
slightly different
criteria with regards to
wattage and allowable time
before modes change) |
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| Must have deep sleep mode |
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| Must meet Energy Star requirements |
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Guarantees |
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| Unit guaranteed for 3 years |
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| Spare parts availability - 5 years |
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| User Instructions |
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| Must explain take back procedures |
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| Must include hazmat explanations |
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| Must explain energy saving features |
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| Must explain recycling procedures |
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| Must explain availability of spare parts |
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| Plastics |
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| No cadmium |
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| No mercury |
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| No lead |
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| No chlorine based plastics |
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No brominated flame retardants
(on parts > 25g) |
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No chlorinated flame retardants
(on parts > 25g) |
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| Chloroparaffin no > 50% chlorine by weight |
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| No chloroparaffins |
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| Must include CAS # of flame retardant used |
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| No halogenated polymers or halogenated organic compounds |
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| No polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers |
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| Displays |
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| No more than 5-10 mg mercury |
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| No cadmium |
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| No mercury |
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| Must declare amount of mercury used in background lighting |
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| Batteries |
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| No cadmium |
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| No mercury |
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| No lead |
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| Specified amount of cadmium |
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| Specified amount of mercury |
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| Specified amount of lead |
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| No nickel-cadmium |
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Manufacturing Process |
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| No chlorinated solvents |
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| Must adhere to Montreal Protocol |
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| No CFC, HFC, HCFC |
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| No carbon tetrachloride or 1,1,1 - trichlorethylene |
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| Capacitors |
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| No PCBs |
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