Karün Eyewear and partner to turn cigarette butts into eyewear frames

Karün Eyewear, the Patagonia-based eyewear brand, announced at the recent Mido show in Milan that it would soon launch eyewear frames made from Celion, a new cellulose acetate material recycled from cigarette butts. Celion is supplied by IMEKO, also a Chilean-based and certified B Corporation, which collects and chemically processes ...

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