3 tracks to recycle its old glasses

Published on 04/25/2024 02:36

Sunglasses or sight, it is undeniable one is all of the collectors of glasses who ignore each other. But rather than letting them fall into oblivion, a few ways to sell or recycle its old mounts.

100 million pairs of glasses still usable are discarded every year? And how many sleep in our drawers? On average: 2 pairs of glasses according to an Opinion Way study for Atol Les Opticiens in 2015. In any case for the 55% of the 50 million French people who wear glasses. It is the oldest of us who possess the most obviously. Normal: the correction changes and it is necessary to re-adapt its glasses. And there is also a fashion effect. You can not keep the same pair of glasses indefinitely, otherwise you will have a retro side very quickly.

As long as make old spectacle frames? Our ideas to get rid of them.

- We resell them on mybinocle.com : either by small advertisement (direct sales) or via the premium service. With a 25% restraint for the site, the frame is then rehabilitated - cleaning, small repair - and photographed in the studio to optimize the sale.

- They are deposited at their optician : some organize recycling collections of unused eyeglasses (the great old ones like Krys and General of optics even sometimes launch operations "take back coupons"),

- They are given to a solidarity association : Spectacles without borders collects glasses in good condition, frames, solar and cases and transports them to Africa, Asia and South America. They are sent to Spectacles without Borders, 41 rue du Gn. de Gaulle 68650 Hirsingue (glasses-sans-frontiere.fr)