{"id":14134,"date":"2012-01-26T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T18:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=14134"},"modified":"2012-01-26T12:43:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T18:43:51","slug":"recycling-eyeglasses-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/recycling-eyeglasses-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Option for Recycling Old Eyeglasses: Donation (Infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, we took a look at one option for <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2012\/01\/cool-ways-to-recycle-old-eyeglasses\/\">recycling old eyeglasses<\/a>: using them as a crafting material. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but as <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2012\/01\/cool-ways-to-recycle-old-eyeglasses\/#comment-26063\">a reader pointed out<\/a>, you can also donate them to organizations like the Lions&#8217; Club. So, when a representative of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mezzmer.com\">Mezzmer<\/a> pointed me to this infographic that spells out the need for glasses around the world, I took it as a sign&#8230; If you&#8217;ve got glasses in good working order, donation is the best option; if your frames are broken or otherwise unusable as glasses, upcycle away!<\/p>\n<p>Read through, and take a look particularly at the potential for self-adjusting glasses: these strike me as having real potential to not only serve the vision needs of many around the globe, but to also cut back on the resources that go into new glasses for changed prescriptions.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;re always interested to know what you think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/recycling-eyeglasses-developing-world.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14135\" title=\"recycling eyeglasses developing world\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2012\/01\/recycling-eyeglasses-developing-world-e1327602648715.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"5622\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mezzmer.com\/blog\/vision-in-the-3rd-world\/\">Mezzmer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a usable pair of eyeglasses that don&#8217;t work for you any more? See why donating them to an organization that provides glasses to the world&#8217;s poor can make a huge difference for someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":14136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[5612,4341,1239,5596,404,4961,5613],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Need for Recycled Eyeglasses (Infographic)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There&#039;s a huge need for eyeglasses in the developing world, as this infographic shows. 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