Tips - Recycle your old specs

Around 10 million pairs of perfectly usable spectacles are discarded each year in Europe and North America, but these can be used to help people in the developing world to see. Most UK opticians now act as collection points for old glasses so drop yours off and give them a new lease of life. For more information about spectacle recycling schemes, visit http://www.vao.org.uk or http://www.uniteforsight.org

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