Question

State the meaning of e-waste.

Answer 1

Electronic waste which is commonly referred to as “e-waste” is the new byproduct of the Info-Tech society. It is a physical waste in the form of old discarded, end-of-life electronics. It includes a broad and growing range of electronic devices from large household appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, cellular phones, computers, and other electronic goods”. Similarly, e-waste can be defined as the result when consumer, business, and household devices are disposed or sent for re-cycling (example, television, computers, audio-equipments, VCR, DVD, telephone, Fax, Xerox machines, wireless devices, video games, other households electronic equipment).