e-waste

noun

ˈē-ˌwāst

: waste consisting of discarded electronic products (such as computers, televisions, and cell phones)

Examples of e-waste in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That is intercepting and recycling the most harmful materials on the planet — plastic waste, e-waste, and carbon dioxide. —

Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2024 Currently, only 42% of countries have e-waste legislation. —

Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024 Data centers contribute to the 50 million tons of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) produced worldwide every year, but only 20% is recycled. —

Sviat Dulianinov, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 Europe, for example, has fairly high formal e-waste recycling rates, at about 43 percent. —

Matt Simon, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024 As well as being an environmental problem, e-waste is also a climate problem. —

Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024 Gold is coaxed from e-waste with a protein amyloid nanofibril (AF) aerogel derived from whey, a by-product from cheese-making. —

IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2024 In all, people across the world throw out roughly 9 billion kilograms (19.8 billion pounds) of e-waste commonly not recognized as such by consumers. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023 While e-waste and household appliances are not accepted during household junk appointments, Sacramento residential customers can schedule two additional free appointments for collection year-round. —

Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024

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