Electronic waste

Quality:

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. Article “Electronic waste” in Simple English Wikipedia has 10.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.56 points.

This article has the best quality in Korean Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 5289^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 8893^rd most popular in AI in the last month.

In June 2026 the article “Electronic waste” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (5289^th place) and written by 22 authors in all languages (8893^rd place).

Since the creation of article “Electronic waste”, its content was written by 11 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2065 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3244 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #142 in June 2013
• Global: #4089 in January 2014

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #6094 in December 2016
• Global: #10996 in September 2014

There are 38 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Korean (ko) 전자 쓰레기		93.8807
2	Catalan (ca) Residu electrònic		85.3724
3	Estonian (et) Elektroonikajäätmed		78.1111
4	English (en) Electronic waste		74.3936
5	German (de) Elektronikschrott		74.3858
6	French (fr) Déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques		54.525
7	Chinese (zh) 电子垃圾		54.0106
8	Malay (ms) Sisa elektronik		49.2141
9	Portuguese (pt) Resíduo eletrônico		43.9976
10	Hebrew (he) פסולת אלקטרונית		43.8852

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Electronic waste		6 810 195
2	Spanish (es) Chatarra electrónica		1 935 414
3	French (fr) Déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques		593 647
4	Portuguese (pt) Resíduo eletrônico		550 338
5	Italian (it) Rifiuti di apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche		531 924
6	German (de) Elektronikschrott		473 239
7	Thai (th) ขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์		212 193
8	Chinese (zh) 电子垃圾		152 692
9	Arabic (ar) مخلفات إلكترونية		131 783
10	Hindi (hi) इलेक्ट्रानिक और कंप्यूटर कचरे		90 490

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Electronic waste		6 038
2	French (fr) Déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques		733
3	Italian (it) Rifiuti di apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche		508
4	Spanish (es) Chatarra electrónica		497
5	German (de) Elektronikschrott		427
6	Korean (ko) 전자 쓰레기		393
7	Chinese (zh) 电子垃圾		309
8	Polish (pl) Elektroodpady		202
9	Portuguese (pt) Resíduo eletrônico		155
10	Persian (fa) زباله الکترونیک		138

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Electronic waste		825
2	German (de) Elektronikschrott		208
3	French (fr) Déchets d'équipements électriques et électroniques		161
4	Spanish (es) Chatarra electrónica		154
5	Italian (it) Rifiuti di apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche		117
6	Portuguese (pt) Resíduo eletrônico		68
7	Hebrew (he) פסולת אלקטרונית		64
8	Dutch (nl) Elektronisch afval		42
9	Hindi (hi) इलेक्ट्रानिक और कंप्यूटर कचरे		32
10	Catalan (ca) Residu electrònic		30

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Electronic waste		11
2	Urdu (ur) متروکہ برقی آلات		3
3	Catalan (ca) Residu electrònic		1
4	German (de) Elektronikschrott		1
5	Estonian (et) Elektroonikajäätmed		1
6	Basque (eu) Zabor elektroniko		1
7	Japanese (ja) 電気電子機器廃棄物		1
8	Korean (ko) 전자 쓰레기		1
9	Simple English (simple) Electronic waste		1
10	Thai (th) ขยะอิเล็กทรอนิกส์		1

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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