Donate your unwanted or damaged spectacles in Bungay for recycling.
Bungay Area Lions Club collects unwanted and damaged spectacles for recycling.
Our collection points in Bungay can be found at:
- The Co-operative, Hillside Road East, Bungay NR35 1RX
- Bungay Community Library, Wharton Street, Bungay NR35 1EL
Recycling spectacles
The spectacles we collect are examined by a team of Lions and other volunteers, before being sent for grading and distribution. Each year, glasses are sent to contacts running eye clinics in other countries across the world.
Supporting local sight related projects
Scrap metal salvaged from broken and unsuitable spectacles raises funds which support the sorting operation and enable financial support to be given to eye related projects in the UK and overseas. Since the project began over £675k has been generated from recycled materials with over £486k donated to sight related charitable causes.
As the spectacle recycling project is a national effort among Lions Clubs across the British Isles, local projects benefit from these funds. To date, over £76k has been donated to projects proposed by various Lions Clubs.
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