Used contact lenses have been in the news lately and in our oceans and lakes. A new study released this summer estimates that these slippery transparent discs, vital to the vision of an estimated 45 million Americans, are often flushed into the sewer instead of placed in the trash or recycled. Do not flush your used contact lenses or wash them down the drain.
Bausch + Lomb has a recycling program that allows contact lens wearers to 
participate in either of two ways. You can bring the used packaging and lenses to our office. Or you can mail them in directly to the recycling center that works with the company. Simply put the lenses and blister packs into a cardboard box, download a preprinted label and ship it. www.bauschrecycles.com
In addition, for every qualifying shipment of two pounds or more, a $1-per-pound donation will be made to Optometry Giving Sight, the only global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision by providing eye exams and glasses to those in need. To date, the program has raised more than $14,000.