The ACUVUE® Contact Lens Recycling Programme
Recycle your contact lenses, blister packs and foil covers.
Disinfecting solution bottle and cardboard box
Cardboard box
Please recycle locally where possible. The product packaging highlighted above may be recyclable through your local Kerbside service or municipal recycling drop-off locations. If not, you can send to TerraCycle with the rest of your shipment for this programme.
Soft, disposable contact lenses (daily, 2-weekly and monthly)
Contact lens blister packaging
Foil from the contact lens blister packaging
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the aggregated contact lenses, blister packaging and outer foils are sorted, shredded and washed. The material is then densified into hard-granulated plastic granules. The granules are then extruded so they can be incorporated into the production of different plastic products such as benches.
Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.
Learn More About ACUVUE®
ACUVUE® is partnering with TerraCycle® to offer a national solution for recycling contact lenses, blister packs and foil covers. At Johnson & Johnson Vision, manufacturers of ACUVUE® Brand Contact Lenses, we know it’s important to create environmentally sustainable products.
Our approach to developing more sustainable products looks at the full life-cycle: from formulation and manufacturing to use and end of life. Our goal is to substantially limit our contribution to landfills through solutions to drive single-use plastic recycling and packaging material optimisation.
Learn more about ACUVUE® Brand Contact Lenses here.