How to recycle old eclipse glasses [Video]

Now that the Great American Eclipse has come and gone, here’s how you can get rid of the glasses you used to see the spectacle.

Can you recycle used eclipse glasses? That’s the question our VERIFY team looked into after seeing comments on Reddit and other social media sites.

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Now that the Great American Eclipse has come and gone, what can you do with your eclipse glasses if you’re not planning on holding on to them until 2044?

If you want to recycle them, the City of Houston said you can remove and throw away the lenses and recycle the cardboard.

The recycling programs will help people around the world who likely wouldn’t be able to safely watch eclipses.

ECLIPSE GLASSES USA DONATION PROGRAMS

We only accept US-made paperboard glasses that have the manufacturer’s address and contact info and that bear the ISO logo. All others will be discarded due to liability and quality issues.

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