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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste

This page was archived on 21 Apr 2015 with reason: Content not regularly updated

Around 10 million pairs of usable spectacles are discarded each year in Europe and North America. These can be used to help people in the developing world to afford glasses. Most opticians now act as collection points for old glasses, so drop yours off and give them a new lease on life.

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