North Wales opticians to divert old glasses from landfill with new recycling initiative

Specsavers has introduced a new recycling initiative across its Welsh stores, giving customers a simple way to responsibly dispose of their unwanted glasses.

The initiative forms part of Specsavers’ national roll-out of recycling boxes across all UK stores, supporting the business’s ambition to reduce waste and work towards becoming a climate-positive business.

It is being offered in locations including Colwyn Bay, Denbigh and Mold.

Delivered in partnership with recycling and waste management company MyGroup, the scheme ensures hard-to-recycle plastics that might otherwise end up in landfill are separated, sorted and repurposed into new materials for 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, represented an increase of almost five tonnes compared with the previous year.

Head of Sustainability for the UK and Ireland, Helen Curran, says: ‘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 means a further 300 stores now offer recycling facilities and marks the latest milestone in the initiative, which began in 2022.

To find out more information about Specsavers in North Wales, request an appointment, visit www.specsavers.co.uk/stores to find your nearest store.

Additionally, to make eye health accessible to all, stores offer a Home Visits service for those unable to leave their homes unaccompanied due to disability or illness.