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ReMediKartFrom Trash to Treatment.
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💊 Why ReMediKart? Every year, tons of expired or unused medicines from homes, clinics & pharmacies are thrown away. ⚠️ They pollute water & land, 😷 cause health hazards, ❌ and go to waste—even if unopened & safe. 📉 No

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Tanmoy Karmakar

Nahi chalega. Worst & illegal idea. Can put u behind bars

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6d ago

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Yash ChoudharyRooted in Purpose, Rising with Vision

This is really great i like to be in your team

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6d ago
Oppsie
Whispers and Ink

Please DM Us ✨

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6d ago

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JayWorking to create solutions that serve those who serve the nation.

1. 🧑‍⚖️ Legal Restrictions on Reuse Most countries, including India, have strict laws preventing the reuse or redistribution of medicines—even if sealed or within expiry. 2. ⚠️ Safety & Liability Risk If someone gets harmed from a reused medicine, legal liability can fall on ReMediKart or its partners. 3. 🧪 Medicine Verification Is Complex Determining if a medicine is genuine, properly stored, or tampered with requires advanced, often expensive systems—not just QR or visual checks. 4. 🚚 Collection Logistics Are Expensive Collecting small quantities of medicine from households has a high cost with little immediate return. 5. 📦 Storage & Sorting Burden Sorting, storing, and managing thousands of strips of various meds requires warehouse space and trained staff. 6. 👥 Low User Motivation Most people won’t take the effort to donate old meds unless the process is ultra-easy or the reward is very strong. 7. 💊 Lack of NGO/Pharma Willingness NGOs and pharmaceutical companies may be reluctant to be associated with reused drugs due to reputational risk. 8. 🌡️ Temperature-sensitive Drugs Are Useless Post-collection Medicines like insulin or vaccines lose efficacy if not stored perfectly — even a small break in the cold chain renders them unusable. 9. 🏥 Pharmacies Already Struggle With Expired Stock Many pharmacies already have difficulty managing their own expired drugs — adding household meds increases burden. 10. 📉 Poor Scalability Without Institutional Support Without government policy change or mass CSR funding, the model may never scale beyond a local initiative. 11. 🚫 Trust Deficit From End Users Final recipients (patients, NGOs) may not trust medicine that didn’t come directly from a certified pharmacy or hospital. 12. 📈 Difficult to Monetize Even with recyclables or CSR funding, creating a sustainable profit model is tough without massive volumes or government tie-ins. 13. 🧾 Regulatory Red Tape Getting approvals for medicine redistribution, waste handling, or recycling may involve years of paperwork. 14. 📊 Hard to Prove Impact Initially In early stages, collecting enough data to prove real environmental or health impact is difficult, which affects funding and scaling.

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Oppsie
Whispers and Ink

1. Legal Restrictions Issue: India and many countries prohibit redistribution of medicine, even if sealed. Response: → Start by collecting only OTC (over-the-counter) drugs like multivitamins, paracetamol, or basic first-aid kits. → Partner with government bodies or CSR arms to operate under medical waste collection/relief norms. ⸻ 2. Safety & Liability Risk Issue: Risk of someone falling sick from reused medicine. Response: → Accept only sealed strips with valid expiry (12+ months). → Work with licensed pharmacists or hospitals to verify, sort, and repackage where legally allowed. ⸻ 3. Verification Complexity Issue: It’s hard to verify medicine quality. Response: → Implement a 2-level verification: visual + pharmacist check. → Focus on standardized and mass-market meds initially (e.g. Crocin, ORS). ⸻ 4. Collection Logistics Are Expensive Issue: High cost of collecting small quantities from homes. Response: → Set up drop boxes at clinics, schools, pharmacies. → Offer collection drives only during campaigns to reduce cost per pickup. ⸻ 5. Storage & Sorting Burden Issue: Sorting medicines takes trained staff and space. Response: → Partner with medical colleges, NGOs, or hospital interns for sorting as social impact internships. → Keep inventory digital via QR-tagging system. ⸻ 6. Low User Motivation Issue: Most people won’t donate without strong incentives. Response: → Offer certificates, leaderboard recognition, or tie-in with tax-exempt donation receipts. ⸻ 7. NGO/Pharma Reluctance Issue: Reputational risk for partners. Response: → Highlight environmental + social impact, and start with less risky OTC items. → Show pilot data to gain trust. ⸻ 8. Temperature-Sensitive Drugs = Useless Issue: Cold chain breaks ruin drugs. Response: → Completely exclude insulin, vaccines, eye drops, etc. from collections. ⸻ 9. Pharmacies Already Struggle with Expired Stock Issue: Difficult to manage expiry at scale. Response: → Build a first-in-first-out (FIFO) inventory system. Only accept items with 6+ months validity. ⸻ 10–14. Trust, Monetization, Regulation, and Impact Proof Response: • Build trust via hospital or Red Cross tie-ups. • Monetize via CSR funding, pharma ESG budgets, or e-waste-style subscription models for homes. • Start under a non-profit or public health arm to bypass regulatory delays. • Prove impact through pilot studies with clear metrics: number of patients helped, ₹ saved, carbon impact.

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6d ago

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renupriya kGrab opportunities at first sight✨

Great step towards medical waste management

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14d ago
Oppsie
Whispers and Ink

Thank You 🙏Means A Lot

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Hari kiranInsight guru

Waste management disposal is the next big thing for India. With a population more than a billion and the amount of waste that is generated needs some kind of a solution and yes, this looks promising. Although the idea seems to target one small portion of waste that is medicines, there's a good potential to expand it to other verticals. Definitely looks like a great coordination play between various agencies is mandatory to execute this idea , I guess starting small in a tier 2 city would give a great insight in the best ways to pick up the waste , best ways to dispose and the laws to landfilla and recycling. Once things are sorted in pilot run, it would be easy to scale up. Definitely vouch for such a great idea and please do contact me on DM. I'm interested in discussing more regarding this

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23d ago
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Whispers and Ink

You’ve absolutely nailed the broader vision. While ReMediKart starts with unused medicine collection, the long-term roadmap definitely includes other healthcare and pharma-related waste verticals. Starting with a pilot in a tier-2 city is exactly what we’re working towards to understand compliance, logistics, and community behavior. Would love to connect further on this!

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6d ago

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Lakshay BansalScaled multiple startups

Hey Remedikart, Your startup idea is great and I would love to join in as a marketing agency and take this to next level. Please text me at: 918199828031

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