The Rotary Club of West Fife, local opticians, and businesses are collaborating on a new project that recycles glasses.
The SpecSort Project ensures that your discarded spectacles find a new lease of life under the diligent coordination of Ruth and Colin Perrott. The project was inspired by the visionary initiative of the Rotary Club of York Ainsty.
Once collected, the glasses undergo a meticulous process of sorting, cleaning, and grading. These refurbished spectacles embark on a journey to Africa, where they become invaluable aids to those who need them.
Diagnostic clinics are set up and the glasses are then distributed to communities across various African nations.
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More collection points will be added, but currently spectacles can be left at Specsavers, 131 High Street, Dunfermline.
Soon you will also be able to leave glasses at Ferrier & McKinnon on 27 Chalmers Street, Spex in the City on 6 Bridge Street, and Dunfermline Crossford Pharmacy on Crossford’s Main Street.
Carnegie Dunfermline Rotary Club are collecting for the same cause at Spex Direct in Elgin Street and Vision Express in the Kingsgate.
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