As If There Is Not Enough Plastic,

making its way to the sea,

this type of plastic is really bad, and you could be making things worse, in a study by ASU’s Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, one of the authors commented, 'I would be concerned that there would be more of an impact with these microplastics than with the other materials because of their ability to absorb various toxins in the environment, like pesticides and herbicides, and really hyper-concentrate these chemicals and move them into the food chain and up the food chain.' Charles Rolsky, a PhD student who is presenting the work, stated “We found that 15 to 20 percent of contact-lens wearers are flushing the lenses down the sink or toilet," he said. “This is a pretty large number, considering roughly 45 million people in the U.S. alone wear contact lenses, amounting to 1.8–3.36 billion lenses flushed per year, or about 20–23 metric tons of wastewater-borne plastics annually." yes that is correct, if you wear contact lenses and flush them you are a part of the problem, so read what the manufacturer's state on the packet regarding the disposal of them, no wait a second as far as I am aware there is not a single contact lens manufacturer that prints that advice on the packet, so here is what you should do, Recycle! do not be a part of the problem!