Recycla recently discovered that it is possible to buy eco-friendly eye glasses. She had no idea that this option exisited, although to be completely honest, Recycla had never even thought about the eco possibilities for eyewear.
ICU Eyewear recently launched a line of 14 styles of reading glasses and five kinds of sunglasses. They offer three kinds of glasses:
- glasses that contain recycled metal that originated from garbage
- those that contain reclaimed plastic derived from the company’s factory floors
- glasses that come in sustainable bamboo, which meets EU/CE standards and do not contain formaldehyde
The glasses come in a range of styles from cat’s eye frames to rectangles to ovals. The reading glasses range from 1.25 to 2.50 depending on your vision needs.
Recycla just ordered new eyeglasses yesterday and did she remember this information from a post she had just written? No, she did not. *sigh*
How frustrating – I hate when I do something like this! I just got new glasses this summer. I guess I’ll be waiting a couple of years for the “eco” ones.
BUMMER! But you may need a back up pair, right?