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So you watched the eclipse, you have your glasses in your trunk or bag (like I do), and now that it's over you're wondering what you can do with them. Of course you could save them, but only if you plan on using them in the next three years because, surprisingly, eclipse glasses actually expire, So what can you do instead?
Other options for getting rid of your eclipse glasses include recycling or donating them. But how do you do that?
To recycle them, separate the paper from the lens, throw out the lens and recycle the paper part.
Organizations like Astronomers Without Borders, Warby Parker, and Eclipse Glasses USA also have programs to reuse or recycle eclipse glasses to distribute to other areas around the world expecting eclipses in the near future.