Turning medical waste into everyday healthcare.
MediCycle is a pre-launch circular healthcare initiative. This July, we begin transforming discarded pill bottles into affordable posture devices for students, workers, and seniors across Korea. The numbers below are our first-year pilot targets — not results we've already achieved.
Our launch targets, in the open.
These are the goals we're publicly committing to for our July 2026 launch and first year of operation — not metrics we've already hit.
Two crises, one supply chain.
Healthcare generates mountains of clean, high-grade plastic. The same population it serves can't afford basic orthotic support. We connect the two ends.
One circular system. Every step accountable.
Collection network
Patients and the public return used bottles at neighborhood drop-points, campus drives, and community events. Volunteers transport, sort, and log every kilogram.
Material processing
Medical-grade polypropylene will be washed, shredded, and pelletized — then injection-molded into structural device parts. Pilot processing begins July 2026.
Distribution & use
At launch, devices will reach students, office workers, and seniors at a target 35% below traditional orthotic pricing — with measurable comfort improvements tracked from day one.
The posture corrector built from what we throw away.
Thoracic midline support. Lumbar lordosis stabilization. EVA cushioning and a honeycomb ventilation system — clinically informed and tested across 6-hour study sessions.
- 92%comfort improvement · target from pilot users
- 78%lower-back fatigue reduction · 3-week goal
- 35%less expensive than traditional orthotics · target
Building toward 80 founding members before launch.
Quotes from prototype testers and early supporters helping shape MediCycle ahead of the July 2026 launch.
"I never thought my used medicine bottles could become something that actually helps people's backs."
"It's the first orthotic prototype that didn't make me feel like I was wearing medical equipment."
"Healthcare waste becoming healthcare solutions — this is what circular should look like."
Coming this July.
- Jul 12Launch Day · Recycle for ReliefSeoul · Hongdae42 registered→
- Jul 26Eco-Healthcare Workshop #1Busan · Centum18 registered→
- Aug 09Campus Sustainability DriveDaejeon · Campus24 registered→