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 ...

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 ...

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.

“We have discovered improved methods of manufacturing contact lenses that can be used to administer beneficial agents to a patient. The method comprises packaging a hydrogel contact lens comprising ...

Poll results released today by charity Fight for Sight highlight that many Brits are frequently putting their eyesight at risk through unsafe contact lens habits, unaware that these could lead to a ...

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