You can take your old glasses into D+A opticians and they are sent to a charity i think it’s wold vision.

James

James wrote:

You can take your old glasses into D+A opticians and they are sent to a charity i think it’s wold vision.
James

thankyou James,Been wondering what to do with TWENTY pairs i found among my late parents belongings,they were forgetful,poor guys,just kept ordering new ones.

lions interntional will receive and recycle

Vision Aid Overseas, in association with KODAK Lens, have a spectacle recycling scheme called the Second Sight Project.

You can donate your old glasses to the scheme via your nearest KODAK Lens Vision Centre, your local Vision Express, or you can request a donation envelope.
Please note that they can’t accept: spectacles that are broken, bifocals or varifocals, or spectacle cases.

Hello Louisa, I too have several pairs of old specs and have discovered that most opticians will take them to be re-used in the Third World. Also Help the Aged shops will take them.

Yah, I found a pair of glasses at a thrift store (Goodwill I think) and my optician just put in new lenses for me. Kinda rare to find a snazzy set of frames, but as someone on the receiving end of a donated pair of glasses, I can say that the idea works.

Perhaps an old stuffed animal could use some specs.

Costco also collects frames for charity

Specs-Store.co.uk is another place who are accepting frames on behalf of Vision Aid. Being a frames specialist they also refurbish the frames for free before sending them on the VA.

http://www.specs-store.co.uk/recycle-frames.asp

Vision Aid receive specs from many opticians and ensure that they are porperly prescribed in developing countries but they can’t take the specs cases as the add to transport costs. The also use prison workers to refurbish the glasses and test the strength but I think they don’t take them if they are too damaged. Any suggestions for the cases?

please see http://www.vao.org.uk/spectacles/ to see how to recycle your unwanted spectacles

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