Glasses / spectacles recycling 30 December 2020 at 3:15PM in Health & beauty MoneySaving 5 replies 21.5K views

Hheiiddss

Hi all looking for any ideas on how to recycle glasses (the ones you wear!)z previously schemes such as the ones via Specsavers for vision aid etc have closed this year so wondered if anyone knew of any good ideas rather than general recycling? 

Robin9

According to this http://www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk/where_can_I_recycle/glasses   the scheme is still open - have you tried any other opticians ?

Hheiiddss

I have tried the main ones. On vision aids website they say they’re no longer participating so was wondering if any other opticians do anything? Or any other schemes or charity shops accept them? If not I can recycle but just wondered before I did!

KxMx

My local library has a collection bin, but they have been closed more often than not this year, even when they are allowed to open. 

sheramber

Vision Aid   have stopped recycling spectacles as it was no longer cost effective.
You could try  the Lions CLUB
https://lionsclubs.co/MemberArea/knowledge/spectacles-recycling/
http://www.chilions.org.uk/donating-spectacles.html

williamev

There's a company in the UK that recycles and recovers the materials from end of life spectacle frames called Recyc-line, there's lots of info on their website for the public and opticians on how to recycle with them, the company name is recycline