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Declaration of Environmental Product AttributesECMA TR/70

Technical Committee 38Product-Related Environmental Attributes

Ecma/TC38/2004/42

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Needs for “green” communication

CE/ICT ProductsCE/ICT ProductsManufacturerManufacturer

ConsumerConsumer

Test MagazinesTest Magazines

Non Governmental Non Governmental OrganizationsOrganizations

Corporate Customer/Corporate Customer/OEM CustomerOEM Customer

AuthoritiesAuthorities

InvestorsInvestors

Eco LabelEco Label

Voluntary Voluntary AgreementsAgreements

LegislationLegislation

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JournalistsJournalists

RetailerRetailer

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Eco-labels in Europe

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What is needed?

• international agreed (standardized) document

• common & comparable attributes

• accepted measurement methods

• applying experience of IT-, telecommunication- and consumer electronics industry

Voluntary Product Declarationlike ECMA TR/70 compiled by Ecma TC38

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Who is Ecma?

www.ecma-international.org

“Ecma is an international, Europe-based industry association founded in 1961 and dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems.”

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Ecma International Technical Committee 38 (TC38)

1994 forming a group of experts to:

• Collect environmental attributes for products• Link to relevant international standards

1995 TC38 officially set up by Ecma

EcmaTC38

USA Japan

Information Technology

Consumer Electronics

Telecommunication Technology

Europe

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Ecma International TC38 - Organisation

Secretary

Mr. O. Elzinga (Ecma International)

Members (Status 1/2004)AppleAlcatelCanonHewlett PackardHitachiIBM (Dr. R. Höhn, Chairman, D)Intel (Mr. K. Fisher, Vice-Chairman, UK ) PhilipsSiemensSony

+ Task Group “Chemical Emissions”: Canon, IBM, HP, Sony, Océ

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Ecma TC38 - Scope

To identify and define environmental attributes related to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and CE (Consumer Electronics) products, during their entire life cycle, from conception to end-of-life treatment.

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Ecma TC38 - History of work

1995• First proposal of Technical Report “Declaration of product related

Attributes”1997• Approval of 1st edition of the Tech. Report “Declaration of product

related Attributes” ECMA TR/701999• Approval of 2nd edition of ECMA TR/702001• Approval of Standard ECMA-328 „Detection and measurement of

chemical emissions from electronic equipment” 2002• Approval of Standard ECMA-341 „Environmental design

considerations for electronic products “ 2004• Approval of 3rd edition of ECMA TR/70

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Structure of ECMA TR/70

1. Scope

2. Referencescontains standards, guidelines and directives, which are referred directly to in TR/70

3. Definitions

4. Acronyms

5. Information to customers and usersdefines all attributes that must or may be declared

Annex A provides a template declaration in order to assist the user (text form)

Annex B provides sample of declaration form (fill/tick-box form)

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ECMA TR/70 - Covered Products

• Camcorder• Copier/Printer• Hi-fi systems• Mobile Phone• Monitor• Notebook• Personal Computer

Even as a product category is not listed, an Eco-declaration according to TR/70 can still be created for such a product. The TR is not limiting the scope!

Ecma TC38 always welcomes proposals for other product declarations!

• TV-set • VCR• DVD

In Addition:

Applicability of attributes indicated for:

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ECMA TR/70 - Criteria of the third edition

• Product information/description (product and manufacturer identification)• Extension of product lifetime (upgradeability, spare parts, service)• Power consumption (consumption in defined energy using modes)• Electromagnetic emissions (EMF)• Noise emissions (acoustic noise)• Chemical emissions*• Hazardous Substances and preparations (declaration on not used materials)• Batteries (types, weight, labeling, disposal)• Product packaging (types, weight, labeling, disposal)• Documentation materials handling (paper or other media documentation

information)• End of life information

– Product take back information– Disassembly (design of recycling features)

• Additional information sources (manufacturer contacts)

* An Ecma TC38 subgroup published a standard on the measurement methods of chemical emissions (ECMA-328).

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Use of ECMA TR/70

The use of ECMA TR/70 is voluntary and not restricted. The standardized document can be used for several purposes e.g:

• Answering customer questions• Attachment to tender• Publication on the Internet• Provided with the product• Add-on to manuals • Add-on to technical documentation

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Sony Ericsson Eco Declarations

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IBM Product Declarations on Internet

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Advantages of ECMA TR/70

• no license fee• voluntary use of ECMA TR/70• common and comparable reporting format • no “Black & White” decision as for eco-labels (the product must not

comply to fixed requirements but the declaration reports the product performance)

• document is flexible adaptable for different product categories• the content of the document can be individually extended by additional

environmental product information (e.g. additionally avoided substances)• only the product declaration form has to be compiled (no third party

is involved).• product declaration forms can be published in different ways (no

limitation - via internet, with manual, with tenders etc.)

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Revisions

The Ecma Technical Committee 38 welcomes comments on the current version of TR/70. The committee is always striving to adapt the report to the most up to date customer requirements for environmental information.

However, a change of the text is only possible with agreement by the Ecma TC38, with the approval by the Ecma General Assembly and in a reasonable revision frequency.

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Availability

Download ECMA TR/70 (free of charge) from

(alternatively order hardcopies of TR/70 on the site)

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Summary

• ECMA TR/70 is a useful tool to declare environmental product attributes without restrictions by limits in a world-wide harmonized way.

• The TR/70 document is voluntary, easy to use and has many potential applications (helps to cover many requests of customers especially major customers, marketing; could be delivered with product, internet, tenders, add-on to technical documentation).

• Manufacturer and suppliers should take the opportunity to support a standardized reporting of environmental attributes by using the ECMA TR/70 document. Procurement organizations should also request a ECMA TR/70 declaration rather than compiling own formats, which cause huge effort on the supplier side.

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