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Millions of contact lenses are ending up in the water

Some 45 million Americans wear contact lenses. Of them, 15 million wear daily disposables — soft plastic discs that are worn once and thrown away… Bausch & Lomb has a recycling program for its Biotrue line, which took in 1.9 million contacts last … Continue Reading

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Flushing your contact lenses down the drain is adding plastic waste to oceans

For its program, Bausch + Lomb partners with a company called TerraCycle that specializes in recycling smaller items that wouldn’t normally get separated in the standard process. The issue with lenses is to deal with not only them but their packaging … Continue Reading

---historical reference--- · Aug 20, 2018

A Guide to Zero-Waste Living

It pays to think creatively about ways to reduce packaging: An increasing number of natural shampoos, conditioners, toothpastes, toothbrushes, beauty and personal-care products have recyclable packaging. Terracycle recycles certain brands of hair-care, skin-care, cosmetic and oral hygiene packaging. To recycle cosmetic packaging (even … Continue Reading

---historical reference--- · Aug 20, 2018