Tiny pieces of plastic are everywhere, and no group of people might be more familiar with this reality than contact lens wearers. Not only are the lenses themselves made of plastic, but the little ...

Instead of glasses, I wear contact lenses. This means throwing out scraps of plastic (as well as their packaging) every two weeks, in addition to using cleaning fluid (which comes in plastic ...

A team created the next generation of long-wave infrared plastic lenses. The plastic, a sulfur-based polymer forged from waste generated by refining fossil fuels, is incredibly useful for lenses, ...

Add millions of used contact lenses to the plastic waste that's finding its way into oceans and lakes. A new study released Sunday estimates that these slippery transparent discs, vital to the vision ...