Contact lens recycling

As part of our commitment to sustainability, we have a new route for the recycling of contact lens related materials. These products are traditionally hard to recycle by traditional facilities. As such we are working with award-winning waste experts Terracycle and have installed a Zero waste box in the Practice. 

Accepted waste for our Terracycle box

• Any brand of soft contact lenses
• Any brand of contact lens blister packaging
• Any brand of foil from contact lens blister packaging

Unaccepted waste

• Cardboard packaging
• Rigid/ hard contact lenses
• Eye drop bottles
• Contact lens storage cases
• Contact lens solution bottles

You are most welcome to drop off any lenses or packaging from the ‘accepted waste’ list to us at 3 Queen Street. Please continue to recycle other waste using your usual routes. Once your contact lens waste is returned to us, it is put in our Zero Waste Box, then shipped to TerraCycle® where it is sorted, turned into plastic granules and transformed into new products.

Please do not hesitate to contact us on 01473 823755 if you have any questions. Click here for further contact lens information and fees.