Meaning & use
e-waste recycling
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UK/ˈiː weɪst riːˌsaɪklɪŋ/
US/ˈiː weɪst riːˌsaɪklɪŋ/
Meaning
noununcountable
The collection and processing of discarded electronic items, such as phones and computers, to recover useful materials safely.
Grammar: Uncountable: e-waste recycling is growing.
Patterns
- e-waste recycling program
The city opened an e-waste recycling center for old laptops.
E-waste recycling recovers gold and copper from phones.
Schools often run e-waste recycling days.
Common combinations
- e-waste recycling center
- The e-waste recycling center accepts TVs.
- e-waste recycling program
- A new e-waste recycling program starts soon.
- responsible e-waste recycling
- Responsible e-waste recycling protects the environment.
- promote e-waste recycling
- Campaigns promote e-waste recycling.
- e-waste recycling facility
- The e-waste recycling facility is huge.
Synonyms and how they differ
- electronics recycling
- A plainer name with the same meaning.
- scrap recovery
- Broader, covering any scrap.
- urban mining
- Describes extracting metals from e-waste in particular.
Word family
- e-waste noun
- discarded electronics
- recycle verb
- to reuse materials
- recycling noun
- the process
- recycler noun
- a person or firm
Practice
E-waste recycling mainly deals with ___.
Choose one answer.
E-waste means electronic equipment. The others belong to other waste streams.
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