Which of the following is not considered as a type of e-waste?

Concept: E-waste (electronic waste) refers to discarded electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) — any device that runs on electric current or an electromagnetic field and has reached the end of its useful life, such as circuit boards, displays, batteries, or motors. Paper, glass, or other non-electrical materials fall outside this category, even when discarded.

Application: Checking each option against this definition:

• Televisions — contain circuit boards, display panels, and other electronic components; discarded TVs are a standard e-waste item.

• Personal Electronic Devices — phones, tablets, laptops, and similar gadgets run on electric current and are built from circuitry and batteries; they are e-waste.

• Scanner and Copier — electrically powered office machines with internal circuit boards, sensors, and motors; they are classified as e-waste.

• Newspaper — a paper product with no electrical circuitry, battery, or electronic component of any kind; it is not e-waste.

Cross-check: Three of the four options are electrically powered devices built from circuitry, so they all fall under electronic waste; only the newspaper has zero electrical/electronic content, confirming it as the one exception.

Result: The item that is not considered e-waste is the Newspaper.