Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge   Plastic waste has become a huge problem in India . The majority of the products sold have a   plastic packaging and most of those are littered and not dumped appropriately . This has caused   a variety of issues linke - 

 1 . Adverse effects on human health   2 . Disruption of food chains   3 . Groundwater pollution   4 . Land Pollution   5 . Air pollution if and when burned   6 . Animals die by swallowing it 

 It has been tried to decrease the use of plastic but still there has n't been any significant   decrease in its usage and hence a solution needs to be developed where plastic can be   disposed of and not littered and more importantly people need to be encouraged to do so . 

 Selection   Since the problem and solution were quite direct and pre - defined , no major tool was required   during the early stages like ideation , define , prototype development etc . Hence the learning   launch tool was used for testing in the pilot region and analysing the results gathered . 

 Application   After the solution was developed , a pilot region was identified . This was important to get actual   proof that the idea actually works and is not just assumed anymore . The idea was that vending   machines were installed in gurgaon cyber city where people can dump their plastic and in return   they will receive money for it . Various stages of that were analysed and actions were taken to   make the idea successful by using the learning launch tool . 

 Insight   In the beginning of the pilot the vending machine was not a big success . People would just walk   past it and wo n't notice the machine and what it does . I realized that the machine is not self- explanatory and people really do n't know what it does or were not excited enough to read the   instructions written on it .   This insight helped us a lot and we added a monitor screen and a small speaker and played a   video on how to use it and how it benefits the user . When people saw the video they realized   that it 's a machine where you can dump plastic waste and they will receive money for it . 

 Approach   This approach caused slight complications as the solution designed was not self - explanatory   and hence people found it difficult to get accustomed to it . The alternate approach that I should   have used was to incorporate visualization tool , building a prototype and ask people what they   thought this machine does and make it better so that it it is easily understandable . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge   Plastic waste has become a huge problem in India . The majority of the products sold have a   plastic packaging and most of those are littered and not dumped appropriately . This has caused   a variety of issues linke - 

 1 . Adverse effects on human health   2 . Disruption of food chains   3 . Groundwater pollution   4 . Land Pollution   5 . Air pollution if and when burned   6 . Animals die by swallowing it 

 It has been tried to decrease the use of plastic but still there has n't been any significant   decrease in its usage and hence a solution needs to be developed where plastic can be   disposed of and not littered and more importantly people need to be encouraged to do so . 

 Selection   Since the problem and solution were quite direct and pre - defined , no major tool was required   during the early stages like ideation , define , prototype development etc . Hence the learning   launch tool was used for testing in the pilot region and analysing the results gathered . 

 Application   After the solution was developed , a pilot region was identified . This was important to get actual   proof that the idea actually works and is not just assumed anymore . The idea was that vending   machines were installed in gurgaon cyber city where people can dump their plastic and in return   they will receive money for it . Various stages of that were analysed and actions were taken to   make the idea successful by using the learning launch tool . 

 Insight   In the beginning of the pilot the vending machine was not a big success . People would just walk   past it and wo n't notice the machine and what it does . I realized that the machine is not self- explanatory and people really do n't know what it does or were not excited enough to read the   instructions written on it .   This insight helped us a lot and we added a monitor screen and a small speaker and played a   video on how to use it and how it benefits the user . When people saw the video they realized   that it 's a machine where you can dump plastic waste and they will receive money for it . 

 Approach   This approach caused slight complications as the solution designed was not self - explanatory   and hence people found it difficult to get accustomed to it . The alternate approach that I should   have used was to incorporate visualization tool , building a prototype and ask people what they   thought this machine does and make it better so that it it is easily understandable .
### Output: 