Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Asian Institute of Computer Studies
Commonwealth Avenue Corner Holy Spirit Drive, Don Antonio Heights,
Holy Spirit, Quezon City 1127, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel no. +63 (2) 3430-0040
Email: admission@aics.edu.ph

E-WASTE: WHY NEWER IS NOT BETTER

A STUDY IN QUEZON CITY

Ryan Ray B. Agnes

Ma. Lovely G. Sintos
Marc Bryan S. Ruiz
Kharrylle Claire A. Perio
Vander F. Perez
Saira K. Asan

STEM
Connie Rose P. Panso
March 25, 2022
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Asian Institute of Computer Studies
Commonwealth Avenue Corner Holy Spirit Drive, Don Antonio Heights,
Holy Spirit, Quezon City 1127, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel no. +63 (2) 3430-0040
Email: admission@aics.edu.ph

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1. With the boom of technology all around the world, new advancements come and go. This leaves
the people panicking whether they should upgrade or not, else they'd be left behind.

2. As more features are added to devices, so to the numbers in their price tag. If this goes on then we
may run into a problem where the performance of a device does not live up to its value.

3. When new devices are released just months after one, suddenly the latter is not the newest thing
and people would rather flock to the current. We see this as a bad thing as it means that old
devices would just be tossed aside.

4. We believe that some people overreact on the newest things, and if they have the budget for it
then they will almost always go for an upgrade. We want to reduce the amount of these people and
do our best in leading people to think about what they actually need from what they are going to
buy.

5. The general belief of most Filipinos is that newer is better and we want to present this alternative
way of thinking to them. It's that if the price of a device match the performance, or value, you need
from it then it's already great, even if it isn't new.