Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Eyeglasses

Eyeglasses are objects to aid in vision. They contain a metal or plastic frame with two lenses made from plastic or glass.

Consider donation for prescription glasses in good condition to a Lion's Club collection center. Bring broken glasses into your optician for repair or reframing your lenses with a replacement frame. Many DIY options exist for reuse of lenses and repairing frames. Consider finding vintage frames for your current prescription. Many thrifts accept sunglasses and readers for reuse to their customers. Broken beyond repair glasses belong in the garbage.

Find a participating eye doctor's office to drop-off old contact lenses & blister packs for recycling through TerraCycle. Share unexpired new condition contact lenses and solution to your community for reuse with perscription details.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Goodwill (San Rafael) 809 Lincoln Ave San Rafael Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
Costco 2300 Middlefield Rd Redwood City Reuse Free Drop-off Inquire at the Vision Center via new-eyes.org/
Salvation Army Donation Dropbox (Little Bethany Baptist Church) 1636 Armstrong Avenue San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Must fit in dropbox opening.
OfferUp 1745 114th Ave SE Bellevue Reuse Buyback Pick-up
Goodwill (South San Francisco ) 225 Kenwood Way South San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
The Salvation Army Home Pick-Up Service 832 Folsom St San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up
San Pablo Flea Market 6100 San Pablo Ave Oakland Reuse Buyback Mail-in
Goodwill (San Mateo) 28 W. 25th Ave San Mateo Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
Lens Crafters 100 Battery St. San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Simply drop off your gently used prescription or non-prescription glasses at a LensCrafters location near you and we will gladly recycle and hand-deliver your used eyewear to those in need during a OneSight Global Clinic.
Parca Parca Main Office
800 Airport Blvd, Suite 320
Burlingame Reuse Free Pick-up
SF Flea Market 1166 Shafter Ave San Francisco Reuse Buyback Mail-in
FreeCycle The Freecycle Network
PO Box 294
Tuscon Reuse Free Pick-up
Goodwill (Burlingame) 1215 California Dr Burlingame Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
Lens Crafters 3251 20th Ave.
Suite 219
San Francisco Reuse Free Drop-off Simply drop off your gently used prescription or non-prescription glasses at a LensCrafters location near you and we will gladly recycle and hand-deliver your used eyewear to those in need during a OneSight Global Clinic.
El Cerrito Recycling + Environmental Resource Center 7501 Schmidt Ln. El Cerrito Reuse Free Drop-off Lions Club donations - bring into Recycling Office.
Craigslist 222 Sutter St
Floor 9
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up
Goodwill (Redwood City - Donation Trailer) 46 Fifth Ave Redwood City Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
Goodwill (Alameda) 2319 Lincoln Ave. Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off Sunglasses, Readers
Friends of the Walnut Creek Library 1644 N. Broadway Walnut Creek Reuse Free Drop-off
Nextdoor Headquarters
420 Taylor St
San Francisco Reuse Free Pick-up, Buyback Pick-up

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