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Sustainable development Information and Communication Technology Equipment: Good Practice Guidelines for Environmental Sustainability Online version
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6 Further information
Government agencies in Australia have combined to produce the Green Office Guide,29 a guide to help agencies buy and use environmentally friendly office equipment. This includes useful information for computers, printers, fax machines, scanners and MFDs.
The Department of the Environment and Water Resources in the Australian Government has also produced an environmental purchasing guide and useful checklists30 for fax machines, personal computers and monitors, as well as printers, photocopiers and multi-function devices. The checklists include suggested weightings to assist organisations in tender evaluation.
New Zealand and Australia combined forces in 1998 to create the Australasian Information Security Evaluation Program,31 which is charged with ensuring the ready availability of a comprehensive list of independently assured IT products that meet the needs of Australian and New Zealand government agencies in securing their official resources. This includes media sanitisation products.
29 Green Office Guide. http://www.energyrating.gov.au/library/detailsgreenofficeguide.html.
30 Australian Government, Voluntary Tools for Environmental Purchasing. http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/government/purchasing/index.html.
