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electronic waste

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
Class type of: waste Q327400

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
waste
Short name
DEEE[7]
Different from
waste heat[8]
Has effect
environmental degradation, pollution, global waste trade[4][5][6]
Subject has role
George Sabra[9]
Used by
electronic waste recycling, mobile phone recycling[2][3]
🏷️ Also known as
en e-waste en WEEE en e-scrap en scrap electronics en electronic waste en waste electrical and electronic equipments en electronic scrap ar مخلفات إلكترونية cs Elektroodpad cs E-odpad cs E-waste cs Odpad z elektrických a elektronických zařízení da elektronikaffald de Elektronikschrott de E-Waste de E-Schrott de Elektroschrott de Elektroschrottverordnung el Ηλεκτρονικά απόβλητα es Basura tecnologica
🔖 Identifiers · 24
GND ID
4324135-9
OpenAlex ID
C2775930972
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Steckernetzteile.jpg ↗
Described at URL
ec.europa.eu, ec.europa.eu, www.lpp.nhs.uk, ewastemonitor.info, www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk, bigthink.com, earth.org, www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.library.qmul.ac.uk, www.nature.com, www.who.int, en.reset.org, www.unep.org, www.epa.gov
EuroVoc ID
6411
Freebase ID
/m/0b5680
GEMET ID
2625
Golden ID (archived)
Electronic_waste-D5D5XA
J9U entity ID
987007546853805171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
ewaste
KBpedia ID
ElectronicWaste
MeSH descriptor ID
D059029
Show all 24 identifiers +12
MeSH tree code
N06.850.460.710.189
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2775930972
NL CR AUT ID
ph280240
Quora topic ID
Electronic-Waste
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
18229-6
SVKKL authority ID
0220134-elektroodpad
Topic's main category
Category:Electronic waste
UMLS CUI
C2936634
VerbaAlpina ID
C18992
YSO ID
21194
Yale LUX ID
concept/74a032b6-f52a-427c-bc27-aa14cc86d68f
Zhihu topic ID
19579147

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🔗 Connections
Has effect 3
pollution, environmental degradation, global waste trade
Used by 2
electronic waste recycling, mobile phone recycling
← Category's main topic 2
Category:Electronic waste, Category:Computers and the environment
Different from 1
waste heat
Examples 1
Atari video game burial
Subclass of 1
waste
Topic's main category 1
Category:Electronic waste
← Different from 1
waste heat
← Has effect 1
brick
← Uses 1
electronic waste recycling
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Summary

electronic waste is a type of waste[1].

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  7. [7] ↑ . dicosigles.fr. Retrieved . dicosigles.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . High Tech Trash: Digital Devices, Hidden Toxins, and Human Health. austinchronicle.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1h ago · Fayaron · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [tr] label: elektronik atık"
  2. 12w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C18992
    "Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: C18992, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0220134-elektroodpad
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0220134-elektroodpad, batch #259599"
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