Specsavers has announced that it is funding a full national roll-out of its successful recycling boxes across all of its UK stores, offering customers the chance to responsibly manage their unwanted glasses, case and contact lens packaging.
The boxes are provided in partnership with MyGroup, a recycling and waste management company that allows hard-to-recycle plastic that would otherwise end up in landfill to be separated, sorted and recycled. It then transforms the recycled materials into useful products, such as joinery boards and furniture.
In 2025, Specsavers and MyGroup recycled 72 tonnes of material, equivalent to the weight of a mature blue whale. The amount, collected from 659 stores and labs, was an almost five tonne increase on the amount recycled in the previous year.
Head of Sustainability for the UK and Ireland, Helen Curran said: ‘At Specsavers we believe that sustainability must show up in our everyday operations. Investing in customer recycling in every one of our UK stores is exactly that: a practical, tangible step that keeps valuable materials in circulation and makes it genuinely easy for our customers to be part of the solution. We look forward to seeing the positive impact of the increased roll out in the years ahead.’
The expansion of the scheme will mean that a further 300 stores will offer recycling facilities. It is the latest milestone in the initiative, which began in 2022. This new investment means that every store can offer customers a simple and responsible way to recycle their unwanted eye products, whether they bought them from Specsavers or not. It supports Specsavers’ sustainability ambition to maximise resource reuse by avoiding waste to landfill and keep valuable materials in circulation.
Customers can find out more about the scheme via the Specsavers website and in store.
