Conclusion

From the research conducted, it appears that people do manage their E-Waste well, even if they haven't heard of any specific recycling companies. The people surveyed know that sending E-Waste to landfill is unacceptable, and typically choose to give away or recycle their old electronic devices. As for how the school manages E-Waste, the devices that still have value are sold, and the rest are recycled.

The recycling company said they received a large amount of material, which is good, as that means people are recycling their E-Waste, and said that this number would go down if people knew how to repair their products as well as take care of them. They also said that higher quality products will last longer.

The technician said that the main reason for phones breaking easily was because of the heavy use of glass to make phones more attractive, although this backfired due to glass being very fragile. Although phones can be repaired, he explained the main reason they get replaced was due to brainwashing on Apple's part. 

Planned obsolescence from the use of cheaper parts and fashionability of new devices is the main culprit for the E-Waste problem. However, this was not always the case. Take TVs for example. In the 50s and 60s, they were a serious investment and built to last. If they did break, you brought in a TV repair technician, not throw them away like we do now. Modern TVs are cheaply assembled, and are designed to break and be replaced by a better TV. Despite the fact that modern technology is designed to fail, recycling programs are much better now as they were back in the day. When your technological possessions finally did get damaged beyond repair, you would send them to a landfill, which is heavily frowned upon today.

In conclusion, the best way to reduce E-Waste will be to make devices from more durable materials, make repairability easier and increase the amount of recycling done.