TerraCycle has supported Optometry Giving Sight since 2017 through its collaboration with Bausch + Lomb and the launch of the ONE by ONE Recycling Program. Since the program began, TerraCycle Recycling Rewards totaling the equivalent of $282,000 have been donated to OGS, and TerraCycle has proudly served as an Optometry Giving Sight Gold partner since 2023.
As a global leader in innovative sustainability solutions, TerraCycle develops and operates first-of-their-kind platforms for recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Their mission is to eliminate the idea of waste by creating practical, scalable answers to today’s most complex waste challenges. Through a wide network of multi‑stakeholder programs—engaging Fortune 500 companies, schools, and individuals—TerraCycle makes sustainability accessible to communities everywhere.
The ONE by ONE Program was expanded earlier this year by Bausch + Lomb to include the acceptance of certain used eye care and lens care materials, as well as contact lenses and their packaging. The Program is simple for practices to adopt and delivers a dual benefit: it protects the environment and reassures patients who rely on daily disposable contact lenses or one‑day dry eye drops, but hesitate to use them because of waste concerns.
Practices simply collect a minimum of 10 pounds of accepted waste and then ship it to TerraCycle for proper recycling. For every qualifying shipment of 10 pounds or more, a one dollar donation is made to Optometry Giving Sight.
Participating in the program is one way that practices can also participate in TEAM OGS, a year round practice giving campaign that offers numerous ways to support OGS’s work around the world.
“Through our brand partnership with Bausch + Lomb, TerraCycle has managed to recycle over 100 million units of contact lenses and related product packaging.” Says Eric Ascalon, Global Director of Community Affairs & Strategic Partnerships for TerraCycle. “In addition to the positive sustainability impact, it gives us tremendous gratification that through these efforts, considerable funding has been raised for Optometry Giving Sight and its critical nonprofit mission to provide vision care for all.”
Thank you, TerraCycle, for your ongoing commitment and partnership