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Delivering on our commitment
Environmental Impact Equivalent to
347.6 Million
Plastic bottles recovered since inception
All data updated Monday, 4/15/24

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Executives discuss how plastic neutrality benefits practices, patients & communities
Plastic collected

Every year, eight million tons of plastic is entering the ocean - that’s equivalent to a garbage truck of plastic every minute.1

Together CooperVision and Plastic Bank are working to slow ocean bound plastic and improve lives by empowering the regenerative society. Plastic Bank is building ethical recycling ecosystems in vulnerable coastal communities2 and reprocesses the materials for reintroduction into the global manufacturing supply chain.

Delivering on our commitment
Environmental Impact Equivalent to
83.3 Million
Plastic bottles recovered YTD 2024
All data updated Monday, 4/15/24

In 2024, CooperVision has committed to stopping 120 million plastic bottles3,4 from entering the ocean in collaboration with Plastic Bank. Together we can make a difference!

Thinking globally, acting locally
Communities Impacted
519
Total
All data updated Monday, 4/15/24

Communities benefited

CooperVision plastic neutral contact lenses support communities in Indonesia and the Philippines by funding plastic waste collection within Plastic Bank’s ecosystems.

  • This support helps Plastic Bank fund community development programs that further improve the lives of collectors and their families5 with items such as health insurance, nutrition programs and access to Wi-Fi.
  • Use the interactive map to see which communities are being impacted.

Lives improved

CooperVision, in collaboration with Plastic Bank, is working to stop ocean bound plastic and helping to improve lives. Putting this into perspective, 14 annual supplies of a one-day plastic neutral contact lens is equivalent to 10 kilograms of collected plastic6. This funds on average one of the following:

  • One day’s worth of groceries for a collector and their family
  • The payment of 15 days’ worth of an electric bill
  • 15 days’ worth of Internet data that can be used by a child for education

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Mapping a sustainable future

Use the interactive map to see where our commitment is taking us.7