Do you wear disposable contact lenses? Yes, those one-a-day-style contact lenses are problematic for the environment. It's believed as many as 20% of wearers flush their old lenses down the toilet, which means they end up in wastewater treatment centers and eventually break down into microplastics in natural waterways. Instead, dispose of your lenses in the trash, where they have less of a chance of getting into lakes, rivers and oceans. Or take the greenest step: Wear eyeglasses.
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