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electronic waste
Sign in to saveAlso known as e-waste, e-scrap, scrap electronics, electronic scrap, waste electrical and electronic equipments, WEEE
electrical or electronic devices at the end of their life, out of use or discarded, such as phones, computers, refrigerators, or televisions, which must be recycled to prevent pollution
Research
57,482 papers- Electronic Waste Recycling: Occupational Exposures and Work-Related Health Effects.Current environmental health reports · 2019
- Electronic waste generation, recycling and resource recovery: Technological perspectives and trends.Journal of hazardous materials · 2021
- Waste of electrical and electronic equipment management from the perspective of a circular economy: A Review.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2023
- Status of electronic waste recycling techniques: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2018
- Sustainable Bioprospecting of Electronic Waste.Trends in biotechnology · 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- waste
- Image
- Revox B215 - e-waste - old capacitors.jpg
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- described at URL
- www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.library.qmul.ac.uk/science/article/pii/S0301479720310380
- used by
- electronic waste recycling
- different from
- waste heat
- has effect
- global waste trade
- Commons category
- Electronic waste
- topic's main category
- Category:Electronic waste
- short name
- DEEE
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
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Defective and obsolete electronic equipment
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “electronic waste” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.