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\u201cIntriguing Ideas For Repurposing\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A visit to the opticians this morning set me thinking. It was 2019, that I last had my eyesight checked. I do know the recommendation is that you go for a check-up every 2 years. I am sure that there were many more tests and checks carried out today than in 2019 even and reading the bottom line of the chart on the wall is a practice that has completely vanished now, to be replaced by machines that check for other health conditions detectable through your eyes. Thankfully this morning they found only slight changes in my prescription and nothing to worry about. However I did worry a little about \u201cconsuming\u201d yet another pair of glasses. As I wear them only for reading\/screen work or driving my specs tend to stay in pretty good condition. I do try to reuse frames but sometimes it is not possible and often there is a good reason to buy new ones. With several pairs in various drawers, no longer of use to me, I thought it time to do some recycling\/reusing research.<\/p>\n

As expected, avoiding using resources unnecessarily, by reusing old frames for your new prescription lenses is the best option. This of course supposes that you can manage without your glasses for a week or two while the new lenses are set in the old frame.<\/p>\n

According to US charity \u201cAll about vision\u201d around 1,000,000,000 people globally live with vision impairment that could be rectified by a pair of glasses that they can\u2019t afford. Your old reading glasses are very likely to need no more than cleaning up for someone else to benefit from using them. Even lenses with complex prescriptions can be matched with patients by specialists. Opticians and charity shops often belong to schemes to reuse pairs of glasses where they are most needed, so take old ones with you when you have your check up, the optician\u2019s recycling box starts with reuse. Any that can\u2019t be used in this way will be broken down and their components reused or recycled appropriately.<\/p>\n

As I was searching up popped information about what to do with your old mobile phone. Much of it was pretty standard recommendations but amongst all that there were some intriguing ideas for repurposing mobile phones. Here\u2019s a few from the list, turn your old phone into:-<\/p>\n