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  • noun discarded electronic equipment

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Examples

  • In China, media have also reported citizens being poisoned handling so-called e-waste, busted imported computers that are torn apart for their scrap metal.

    Shanghai Shuts Plants in Lead Probe James T. Areddy 2011

  • According to the EPA, only about 13.6 percent of so-called e-waste was recycled in 2007.

    Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis 2010

  • According to the EPA, only about 13.6 percent of so-called e-waste was recycled in 2007.

    Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis 2010

  • According to the EPA, only about 13.6 percent of so-called e-waste was recycled in 2007.

    Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis 2010

  • According to the EPA, only about 13.6 percent of so-called e-waste was recycled in 2007.

    Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis 2010

  • According to the EPA, only about 13.6 percent of so-called e-waste was recycled in 2007.

    Rediscovering Values Jim Wallis 2010

  • And what about the companies who become responsible for their products' e-waste?

    Dar Williams: 2011: The Year We Conquer E-Waste! Dar Williams 2011

  • As journalists and scientists risked their lives to expose e-waste atrocities, coalitions formed to create consumer information and policy language to address the global problem of electronic trash.

    Dar Williams: 2011: The Year We Conquer E-Waste! Dar Williams 2011

  • But even better than visiting your city's e-waste facility is sending the broken item back to the manufacturer.

    Electronics Makers Get Recycling Grades Siel Ju 2010

  • As journalists and scientists were risking their lives to expose e-waste atrocities, coalitions were forming to create consumer information and policy language to address the global problem, also getting two crucial large players involved.

    Dar Williams: 2011: The Year We Conquer E-Waste! Dar Williams 2011

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