electronic waste: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	e-waste

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Piles of discarded electronic waste, including old televisions and computer monitors, scattered across a dry, grassy field with rusted metal and debris.

Workers dismantling old computers and electronics at E-Parisara, an electronic waste recycling factory, on April 11, 2008, in Dobbspet, 45 kilometers from Bangalore.

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electronic system waste product refuse

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