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Recycling something as small as a contact lens can make a big difference
Help reduce microplastics
Contact lenses contribute to the trillions of microplastics in our water that can harm fish and enter the food supply.
Standard recycling doesn’t work
Because of their small size, contact lenses can get filtered out and end up in landfills.
You can make a difference
Bausch + Lomb and TerraCycle® joined together to create the ONE by ONE Recycling Program—the only sponsored contact lens recycling program in the US. Here’s how it works.
Collect
Hold onto your used blister packs,
top foil, and lenses.
Recycle
Drop off any amount of used lens
items at any participating locations.
What happens to the contact lens waste?
Your used contact lens items are separated based on composition and
melted into plastics that can be upcycled to become playground sets,
park benches, and more.
TerraCycle® is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by collecting and recycling almost any form of waste, diverting millions of pounds of trash from landfills each month. Visit TerraCycle.com to learn more.
Have friends who care about the environment too? Tell them about the movement.
What happens to the contact lens waste?
Your used contact lens items are separated based on composition and
melted into plastics that can be upcycled to become playground sets,
park benches, and more.
TerraCycle® is Eliminating the Idea of Waste® by collecting and recycling almost any form of waste, diverting millions of pounds of trash from landfills each month. Visit TerraCycle.com to learn more.
Have friends who care about the environment too? Tell them about the movement.