Medical & Pharmaceuticals recycling
How to Recycle Contact Lenses and Cases
Soft contact lenses, blister packs, cases, and lens-solution containers. Standard curbside recycling can't process most of this because the pieces are too small and mixed-material; a dedicated eye-care-office collection program exists instead.
Check local acceptanceFree to participate; no consumer payoutLast reviewed July 30, 2026
Quick answer
Ask your eye doctor's office if it participates in the Bausch + Lomb ONE by ONE program, run through TerraCycle, which accepts used contact lenses, blister packs, cases, and solution bottles at participating practices. It's a drop-off at the eye-care office, not a personal mail-back envelope or curbside program, so check with your practice rather than expecting to mail lenses in yourself.
- Recycling route
- Check locally
- Typical value
- Free to participate; no consumer payout
- Donate / take-back
- Available
How to Prepare
- 1Rinse used lenses with saline solution before storing them for drop-off
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