Ethical designer's light collection is made from recycled spectacle lenses
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mirror.co.ukAn ethical designer has unveiled a light collection - made from recycled spectacle lenses. Waste is a serious issue in the eyewear industry with a small optician typically binning 200 new display lenses a week.
To combat waste, Yair Neuman decided to repurpose lenses otherwise destined for the dump and transform them into striking, sculptural lights.
His 'Lens Light collection' is made up of hanging spheres, flower lamps, pendants, a fan-shaped base light, and a vase light.
The London-based designer, who has partnered with modern spectacle maker Cubitts on the project, said: "Witnessing the enormous waste generated in the processes of selling eyewear was the beginning of this project. "By simply collecting these lenses, experimenting to
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