Sunglasses from bio-based and/or recycled materials
Discover meticulously crafted sunglasses partly made with bio-based and / or recycled materials.*
Curious to learn more about the materials behind our eyewear? Explore the bio-based and recycled materials used across our collections and discover how they differ from conventional alternatives, while maintaining the quality and performance expected from our products.
Ever wondered what our eyewear are made of? Discover the alternative materials used in our eyewear collections and learn about their key characteristics and what makes them different from conventional materials.
Bio-nylon
What is Bio-Based Nylon?
Bio-based nylon is a synthetic material used in eyewear frames, part of its feedstock comes from castor plant seeds, which are processed into castor oil and used as a renewable raw material.
What makes it different from standard material?
Bio-based nylon contains at least 46% bio-based content*. This reduces reliance on fossil-based feedstock, such as petroleum, while maintaining the same quality, performance, and appearance as conventional nylon.
Sunglasses made from bio-mylon
Recycled Nylon
What is Recycled Nylon?
Recycled nylon is produced from waste generated during the manufacturing of nylon eyewear frames. The scraps are collected, sorted, and mechanically recycled into new black granules.
What makes it different from standard material?
The recycled granules are blended with virgin nylon to create a material containing 50% recycled content**. This reduces the use of virgin fossil-based feedstock while maintaining the same quality and performance as conventional nylon.
Sunglasses made from recycled nylon
Bio-acetate
What is Bio-Acetate?
Bio-acetate is made from cellulose acetate derived from cotton or wood pulp and a plant-based plasticizer that replaces the traditional fossil-based alternative.
What makes it different from standard material?
While standard acetate naturally contains bio-based carbon due to cellulose, bio-acetate increases the bio-based carbon content from around 61% up to 67%*, depending on the formulation. This reduces reliance on fossil-based feedstock in favor of renewable sources.
Sungasses made with bio-acetate
Recycled Acetate
What is Recycled Acetate?
Recycled acetate is produced through Carbon Renewal Technology, an innovative chemical recycling process that transforms plastic waste into raw material and combines it with plant-based sources to produce cellulose acetate.
What makes it different from standard material?
The resulting cellulose acetate contains 27% recycled content**. This reduces the use of virgin fossil-based feedstock by incorporating recycled sources while maintaining the material's performance and quality.
Sunglasses made with recycled acetate
*Image not indicative of bio-based and/or recycled materials or available frames. Materials contain min. 27% recycled content coming from recovered waste and/or min. 46% bio carbon content (representing the amount of carbon coming from plant-based sources vs fossil-based ones). For more information, please refer to the product details available in-store or on our website. Tested according to ASTM D6866 international standard. ©EssilorLuxottica.
**Tested according to ASTM D6866 international standard
*** allocated through mass balance approach under ISCC PLUS international standard