A new project is looking to divert more than 600,000 units of contact lens packaging from landfill in six months, as the medical industry looks at new ways to reduce waste. More than 250 million ...

There's a lot of waste when it comes to contacts, particularly for those who wear dailies. Changing your contacts every day means throwing away around 30 pairs per month, plus all of the packaging.

Laval, Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has announced its wholly owned subsidiary Bausch + Lomb’s One by One Recycling Program has recycled more than 1 million used contact ...

Reusable contact lens users are almost four times as likely as those wearing daily disposables to develop a rare sight-threatening eye infection, a study has found. The researchers suggest people ...

SINGAPORE — In the name of convenience, yet another item that consumers use daily can be harmful to the environment and cause microplastic pollution: Contact lens blister packs. The blister pack or ...

Australian studio Universal Favourite has designed the packaging for contact lens subscription service Dimple, which makes use of boldly patterned circles that correspond with prescriptions. Dimple is ...

A woman who lost an eye is calling for better warnings on contact lens packs over the risks of contamination. Marie Mason developed an infection in her left eye after an amoeba got between her contact ...

AK is one type of microbial keratitis (corneal infection) - a condition that results in inflammation of the cornea (the eye's clear protective outer layer). Lead author, Professor John Dart (UCL ...