What problem are we trying to solve?
There are two nation-wide Take Back Days held annually. This is a time for people to take their unused and unneeded prescription drugs to designated sites for free and environmentally-friendly disposal.
One barrier to participating is that it is unclear where Take Back sites are. The DEA publishes a set of sites close to the actual Take Back Day, but some pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens also participate in this event. Users have to navigate to multiple sites to get a full view of
Who will benefit (directly and indirectly) from this project?
Government stands to benefit as they are running these Take Back Days. Constituents benefit by having clearer information on where they can take their prescription drugs for free and proper disposal in a "no questions asked" kind of way.
Where can we find any research/data available/articles?
The New York Attorney General's office has provided publicly available data here.
What help is needed at this time?
Designers
We need design for the UI that accepts a zip code, and then renders a map. It'd also be useful to know what information would be the most helpful to display to a user to help them get to where they need to go.
Developers
Frontend
We need an embeddable service that can be added to different webpages that accepts a NY State zip code and then renders a map. We need to find a mapping service that will work with our set of take back sites.
Backend
We need to build an API endpoint that the frontend can hit to retrieve a list of Take Back locations that are close to a zip code. This will likely involve us hitting a 3rd party endpoint for distance estimations based on zip code. The data for Take Back sites is unclear and doesn't all follow one schema, so take that into account when thinking through how to build this.
Creatives
We need copy for the zip code input field and an idea of what information should be returned to a user for a give Take Back site.
Data
The information regarding the locations of take back sites is hard to manage. It exists across multiple websites/spreadsheets, and it isn't the same year to year. We need a way to be sure that data is fresh and complete (freshness is preferred over completeness though).
What are the next steps (validation, research, coding, design)?
We need research for the best mapping platform to use to power most of this, and we need basic architectural discussions of how this service should work.
How can we contact you outside of Github(list social media or places you're present)?
Add your name here if you plan to stay on with this project through the March 11 HackDay!
Sources
This is all based on the presentation from the following people! They presented at the Pre-HackDay!
Daniel Spencer (full stack dev) - daniel.patrick.spencer@gmail.com
Carlos Merced (front end dev) - mail.merced@gmail.com
Annie Hirshman (designer) - anniehirshman@gmail.com
Anna de Paula Hanika (product) - annadph@gmail.com
Daeha Ko (IT) - daehako@gmail.com
Ritika Madan (Designer) - ritika.madan@gmail.com
Olivia McGill (project manager) - oliviam09@gmail.com
Alex Hays (Dev) - alexhays@gmail.com
Chandra Thomas - chandra.galbiati@gmail.com
Meka Seymour - mekaseymour@gmail.com
If you get stuck at any point, feel free to reach out to the leadership team with an email to steering@progressivehacknight.org or come find an organizer at a HackNight. We're here to help bring great ideas to life!
What problem are we trying to solve?
There are two nation-wide Take Back Days held annually. This is a time for people to take their unused and unneeded prescription drugs to designated sites for free and environmentally-friendly disposal.
One barrier to participating is that it is unclear where Take Back sites are. The DEA publishes a set of sites close to the actual Take Back Day, but some pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens also participate in this event. Users have to navigate to multiple sites to get a full view of
Who will benefit (directly and indirectly) from this project?
Government stands to benefit as they are running these Take Back Days. Constituents benefit by having clearer information on where they can take their prescription drugs for free and proper disposal in a "no questions asked" kind of way.
Where can we find any research/data available/articles?
The New York Attorney General's office has provided publicly available data here.
What help is needed at this time?
Designers
We need design for the UI that accepts a zip code, and then renders a map. It'd also be useful to know what information would be the most helpful to display to a user to help them get to where they need to go.
Developers
Frontend
We need an embeddable service that can be added to different webpages that accepts a NY State zip code and then renders a map. We need to find a mapping service that will work with our set of take back sites.
Backend
We need to build an API endpoint that the frontend can hit to retrieve a list of Take Back locations that are close to a zip code. This will likely involve us hitting a 3rd party endpoint for distance estimations based on zip code. The data for Take Back sites is unclear and doesn't all follow one schema, so take that into account when thinking through how to build this.
Creatives
We need copy for the zip code input field and an idea of what information should be returned to a user for a give Take Back site.
Data
The information regarding the locations of take back sites is hard to manage. It exists across multiple websites/spreadsheets, and it isn't the same year to year. We need a way to be sure that data is fresh and complete (freshness is preferred over completeness though).
What are the next steps (validation, research, coding, design)?
We need research for the best mapping platform to use to power most of this, and we need basic architectural discussions of how this service should work.
How can we contact you outside of Github(list social media or places you're present)?
Add your name here if you plan to stay on with this project through the March 11 HackDay!
Sources
This is all based on the presentation from the following people! They presented at the Pre-HackDay!
Daniel Spencer (full stack dev) - daniel.patrick.spencer@gmail.com
Carlos Merced (front end dev) - mail.merced@gmail.com
Annie Hirshman (designer) - anniehirshman@gmail.com
Anna de Paula Hanika (product) - annadph@gmail.com
Daeha Ko (IT) - daehako@gmail.com
Ritika Madan (Designer) - ritika.madan@gmail.com
Olivia McGill (project manager) - oliviam09@gmail.com
Alex Hays (Dev) - alexhays@gmail.com
Chandra Thomas - chandra.galbiati@gmail.com
Meka Seymour - mekaseymour@gmail.com
If you get stuck at any point, feel free to reach out to the leadership team with an email to steering@progressivehacknight.org or come find an organizer at a HackNight. We're here to help bring great ideas to life!