WEEE

English

Etymology

From the title of the European law: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (2003).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiː/

• Audio (UK)

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• Homophones: we, wee, Wii, whee (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

The symbol for WEEE within the European Union.

WEEE (uncountable)

1. (UK, Ireland) Electronic waste.
   • 2007, Department of Health: Estates and Facilities Division, The Treatment, Recovery, Recycling and Safe Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, The Stationery Office →ISBN, page 16:

     You may wish to ensure that your WEEE is stored in a safe, secure area.

   • 2011, OECD, OECD Environmental Performance Reviews OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Norway 2011, OECD Publishing →ISBN, page 180:

     Further improvements to the system should include better enforcement for retail outlets, as some major supermarket chains that sell electrical and electronic products do not accept WEEE.

   • 2013, Weidong Li, Jörn Mehnen, Cloud Manufacturing: Distributed Computing Technologies for Global and Sustainable Manufacturing, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 125:

     To establish a better understanding on recovery/remanufacturing flows is therefore paramount for enterprises to apply sensible recovery/remanufacturing strategies to recover diverse WEEE.

Anagrams

• eeew