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EIZO Eco Products is an in-house qualification system with the purpose of ensuring our products meet an internally established set of criteria for environmental consciousness. Products that satisfy the criteria carry an EIZO Eco Products label.

EIZO Eco Products Qualification System

The development, implementation, and revision of the EIZO Eco Products (EEP) internal environmental label stems from EIZO's longstanding commitment to manufacturing environmentally sound products and a desire to provide consumers with an instantly recognizable means to assess their environmental performance. EEP is a voluntary certification system launched in 2002. EEP was established to keep pace with continuously evolving environmental needs and reflect our philosophy of thoroughly considering the environment in product design to further advance our products and corporate system. To that end, EEP not only satisfies existing environmental labeling criteria established and certified by third-party institutions (International ENERGY STAR Program, TCO, etc.), but also incorporates various industry guidelines and market requirements as well as our own standards.

The latest version, Eizo Eco Products 2009, maintains compliance with previous versions EEP2002 (established October 2002), EEP2004 (established October 2003), and EEP2006 (established May 2006), while incorporating more stringent criteria such as lowered power consumption and the availability of an eco profile on eizo.com for all compliant products.

Eizo Eco Products Requirements

	Criteria	EEP2009	EEP2006	EEP2004
1.	Power consumption of zero watts when turned off.		-	-
	Power consumption of one watt or less when turned off.	-
2.	Power consumption of 1.5 watts or less in power-save mode.		-	-
	Power consumption of two watts or less in power-save mode.	-
3.	Power consumption meets requirements under the International ENERGY STAR Program Ver. 4.1　during ordinary use.		-	-
4.	Use of recycled plastic.
5.	User’s manual made with chlorine-free recycled paper or paper from a forest in compliance with a forest certification system.
6.	Use of soy ink in printed materials accompanying product.
7.	Subject to an internal product environmental assessment*.
8.	Use of plastics made from plant-derived raw materials.			-
9.	Use of recycled Stryrofoam or paper as packaging cushioning materials.			-
10.	Meets VOC (volatile organic compounds) guidelines for PCs as established by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association).			-
11.	Complies with the RoHS Directive.			-
	Use (or partial use) of chrome-free steel plates.
	Use (or partial use) of lead-free solder.
	Use of lead-free wires in external (supplied) cables.
12.	Eco profile available on eizo.com.		-	-

indicates compliance
* For an example of an internal environmental assessment please see the following listing.

Internal Product Environmental Assessment Example (Partial Listing)

Disassembly and Recycling

For recycling purposes, it is necessary that the product can be easily disassembled and the materials be indicated on the parts themselves so they can be easily classified by type. EIZO Eco Products facilitate recycling because they are made so that they can be easily disassembled with a screwdriver or other commonly available tools. Furthermore, EIZO indicates the materials used on plastic parts, which constitute a large percentage of the total weight so they are easy to sort after disassembly. EIZO also labels plastic parts used for packaging such as buffer materials and sacks.

User's Manual

The paper used for user's manuals often contributes to environmental problems such as deforestation and the generation of toxic chlorine resulting from the bleaching process. The user's manuals for EIZO Eco Products, however, are made from chlorine-free, recycled paper, thus helping to preserve the forests and reduce paper waste. They are also bleached without the use of chlorine to prevent the generation of toxic chlorine compounds such as chloroform.

The ink used in printed materials contains petroleum solvents, which contributes to the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOC), consumption of limited petroleum resources, and the deterioration of the printing work process environment. To lower dependency on petroleum solvents, EIZO began the partial use of soy ink with the introduction of EIZO Eco Products 2004.

Energy Conservation

Energy consumption greatly affects environmental issues such as global warming. To conserve energy, EIZO Eco Products consume less than 1 watt of energy when turned off. They also comply with the internationally recognized EPA Energy Star Program of the American Environmental Protection Agency.

Toxic Substances Control

1. It is generally known that certain heavy metals, including chloroform, cause various health hazards when they are absorbed into the human body. In order to prevent this, steps are being taken worldwide to limit their use. The EU (European Union) issued the following two directives for electrical and electronic equipment in February 2003.
   • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
   • Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS).
   RoHS restricts the use four heavy metals (cadmium, mercury, lead, and hexavalent chromium) as well as PBB (polybrominated biphenyl) and PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers). EIZO Eco Products 2006 complies with the RoHS directive.
2. It has also been recognized that chlorine and bromine compounds added to plastics to act as flame retardants can generate harmful dioxins when incinerated. Any product carrying the EIZO Eco Products label does not contain such hazardous compounds in plastics used for the chassis that weight more than 25 grams.
3. The ozone layer protects us from the sun's ultra violet rays. An international treaty, the "Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer" is an agreement that regulates the use of substances that damage the ozone layer like CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) used in air-conditioners, aerosol sprays and other common goods. EIZO Eco Products do not use any substances harmful to the ozone layer in the internal production process.

Glossary

Environmental Label

Environmental labels serve as a guide to help customers determine the environmental performance of a product. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) classifies environmental labels into three types, (Type I, II, III), and has drawn up a group of standards governing how corporations present their labels to consumers.

Type I Label

With this label, a third party defines standards for certification, conducts examinations of products, and grants permission to use their label for products that fulfill their standards. Sweden's TCO'99, the U.S.'s EPA Energy Star Program, and Japan's PC Green Label and Eco Mark, recognized as global environmental labels for monitors, are examples of Type I labels. EIZO has continually sought and received approval to carry these and other Type I labels.

	TCO Established by TCO Development owned by the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees, TCO sets 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.
	EPEAT EPEAT is a comprehensive evaluation standard for the environmental impact of personal computers and peripheral equipment. It has been applied by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and related institutions since 2006.

Type II Label

With this label, the producer does not seek approval from a third party, but makes self-declared environmental claims. Type II labels are based on the ISO 14021 standard which defines the basis of a claim in order to ensure it does not contain exaggerations or misleading statements.

Type III Label

A product's environmental impact is based on a full life-cycle assessment, and the quantitative data is made public so consumers can evaluate it for themselves.

JEITA

JEITA is the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association. JEITA established guidelines to limit emission levels of VOCs from PCs. The guidelines are a countermeasure against health hazards caused by VOC contaminants released from furniture, everyday objects, and building materials that accumulate indoors. EIZO carries out evaluations based on these guidelines.

RoHS and WEEE

The need to reduce hazardous materials and increase recycling in electrical and electronic equipment to protect human health and the environment has prompted the European Union to issue two directives.

The first directive is the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS). The six restricted substances are lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBDE (polybrominated diphenylethers), and PBB (polybrominated biphenyls). RoHS went into effect in July 2006 and applies to most electrical and electronic equipment manufactured and imported into the EU. Since July 2005, EIZO has been phasing in compliance with RoHS. All EIZO monitors and accessories manufactured after June 2006 are RoHS compliant.

RoHS compliance depend on the date of manufacture. All RoHS-compliant models are indicated as such on the product packaging. For more details please contact the official EIZO distributor in your country.

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 EIZO products manufactured since June 2005 comply with WEEE.