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EIZO Eco Products —
Meeting and Exceeding
the World’s Highest
Standards
Products carrying the EIZO Eco Products 2002 or
2004 labels fulfill an internally established set of
eco-friendly guidelines concerning all facets of the
product lifecycle. This label is a Type II environmen-
tal label compliant with the internationally recog
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nized ISO 14021 standard. Products marked with
this label satisfy the environmental requirements of
several of the world’s leading third party standards:
TCO’03/TCO’99, EPA Energy Star Program, PC
Green Label, and the Eco Mark, along with the fol
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lowing additional criteria set by EIZO:
1) Power consumption less than 1 watt when
turned off.
2) Partial use of lead-free solder.
3) Partial use of chrome-free steel plates.
4) User’s manual made with chlorine-free, recycled
paper.
5) Subject to an internal product environmental
assessment.
EIZO Eco Products 2004 satisfies further criteria:
6) Partial use of recycled plastic.
7) Power consumption less than two watts in power
save mode.
8) External (supplied) cables contain lead-free wires.
9) Partial use of soy ink with supplied printed
materials.
Products meeting the above criteria are distinguished
by this label, which appears on the product brochure,
web site, packaging, and user’s manual.
The EIZO Eco Products 2002 and 2004 labels
encompass the environmental requirements of the
following international standards.
TCO’03/ ’99
Established by the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees,
TCO’03/’99 set standards for office equipment in such areas as safety,
visual ergonomics, energy consumption, electric and magnetic field
emissions, and recycling.
EPA Energy Star
A program developed by the American Environmental Protection
Agency to promote a voluntary partnership with manufacturers of
office equipment to save energy and protect the environment.
PC Green Label
A label issued by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology
Industries Association indicating adherence to environmental issues
such as the 3R’s — Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, from the corporate
structure to product design and manufacture.
Eco Mark
The Japan Environmental Association’s label for household and office
goods. This was the first environmental standard in Japan to cover
information processing devices (personal computers).
RoHS and WEEE — Directives for More
Environmentally Friendly Products
The need to reduce hazardous materials and increase
recycling in electrical and electronic equipment to pro
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tect human health and the environment has prompted
the European Union to issue two directives.
The first directive is the restriction of the use of cer
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tain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
equipment (RoHS). The six restricted substances are
lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBDE
(polybrominated diphenylethers), and PBB (polybro
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minated biphenyls). RoHS is scheduled to take effect
from July 2006 and will apply to most electrical and
electronic equipment manufactured and imported into
the EU. Beginning in September 2005, EIZO is phas
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ing in compliance with RoHS in its manufacturing.
By March 2006, all monitors and accessories in this
brochure are scheduled for RoHS compliance, three
months ahead of the EU’s required date.
The second directive is Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE). This directive requires producers
of such equipment to provide for free collection and
achieve recovery and reuse and recycling targets of
75% and 65% respectively. WEEE went into effect in
August 2005. All products in this brochure manufac-
tured since June 2005 comply with WEEE.
Industry-Leading
Five-Year Warranty
EIZO stands behind the craftsmanship of its prod-
ucts with the industry’s only manufacturer-side five-
year warranty. This warranty is offered by EIZO
and its authorized distributors for all monitors in
this brochure 17" and over (excluding touch panel
monitors).
The warranty period of the LCD panel and backlight is
limited to three years and the total usage time to 30,000
hours from the date of purchase. For other FlexScan LCD
monitors, EIZO and its authorized distributors offer a
three-year warranty.
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