UK's first contact lens recycling scheme launches

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Wearers of any brand of soft lens can now have them collected or drop them off at recycling bins

The UK's first free national recycling scheme for plastic contact lenses - worn by an estimated 3.7 million people - is being rolled out this week. Wearers of any brand of soft lens will have the option...

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