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

According to the lawsuit, from 2021 through 2024, district attorney investigators across the state conducted undercover waste inspections and found items such as pesticides, batteries, e-waste, and cleaning solutions in outgoing waste bins. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

And that’s to say nothing of other hyperscale AI data center issues including heat, noise pollution, e-waste and more. — Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Today, many electronics become e-waste because recovering individual components can take too much labor or money. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Broken computers and monitors as well as older CRT models can be recycled through city e-waste programs. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1999, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for e-waste

• abased
• barefaced
• debased
• defaced
• disgraced
• displaced
• distaste
• effaced
• embraced
• emplaced
• encased
• erased