Most of the polycarbonate plano lenses that are discarded from optometrists’ frame displays end up in landfill. In the US, that’s around 200 lenses per store, per week. When he became aware of all those lenses being discarded, Yair Neuman, a London-based conceptual, product and eyewear designer made it his mission to produce sustainable work.
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