Optometrist H. Arnold Papernick, OD Joins ONE by ONE Recycling Program

MT. PLEASANT, Pa., June 11, 2017 -- Optometrist H. Arnold Papernick, OD, announced that he and his eye care center have joined the ONE by ONE recycling program headed by vision care products company Bausch + Lomb. This program allows for the recycling of contact lenses and their cases. Such materials are too small to be processed by typical municipal plants, and when sent there, end up being thrown in a landfill.

Recycling is all but standard now, but there are still some materials that are notoriously hard to reprocess. Such is the case with contact lenses and lens cases, which cannot be handled by the regular processing equipment. Since millions of people use contact lenses every day, this amounts to billions of lenses per year. In order to address this problem, Bausch + Lomb set up its ONE by ONE contact lens recycling program.

The ONE by ONE recycling program accepts contact lenses and cases from all manufacturers and offers several ways to get the lenses into their system. One easy way is to take them to an eye doctor such as H. Arnold Papernick,O.D. The doctor's office will then send them in for recycling. This method allows many people's lenses to be consolidated into one shipment and thereby reduce transportation emissions.

"We believe that anything that can be recycled should be. This is especially true for disposable products like contact lenses, opened blister packs, and the top foil from these packages. Thanks to Bausch + Lomb's program, we can offer our patients an easy way to ensure that their contact lenses actually get recycled," said Dr. H. Arnold Papernick.

Contact lenses aren't the only vision-related items that are recycled through Dr. Papernick's office. The office is also a participant in the Lions Club International’s eyeglass recycling program. Unlike contact lenses, eyeglasses are not processed into new materials. Instead, the Lions Club sorts them by their prescription strengths and physical sizes. Then, they are distributed to low- and middle-income recipients who otherwise would not be able to afford glasses.

"The Lions' program has been around for decades, and many people have seen boxes to collect glasses in various establishments. The ONE by ONE program, however, is new. People usually have questions about it. The main one is what happens to the contacts after they are sent in. Simply put, they are ground up and turned into recycled plastic. The big difference is that ONE by ONE has the equipment needed to do this, while most municipalities do not," Dr. Papernick explained.

About Dr. H. Arnold Papernick, OD

Dr. Papernick and his office provide optometry services to Mt. Pleasant, Greensburg, Scottdale, and the surrounding areas of Pennsylvania. Visit the website at http://www.hapapernickod.com/ for additional information on its eye care services.

Dr. H. Arnold Papernick, OD
705 W. Main Street
Mt. Pleasant, PA  15666
(724) 547-5711