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    Don’t send your recycled glasses to developing countries, it costs twice as much as giving them ready-made glasses

    4 April, 201217 April, 2012

    You might feel good sending your old reading glasses to a developing country. But a recent international study, led by the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE), a collaborating partner in the Vision CRC, in Sydney, suggests it is far better to give $10 for an eye examination and a new pair of glasses if…

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