Every pair of OCENEO glasses starts where others see waste: a neoprene wetsuit that has reached the end of its life. Instead of letting it end up in a landfill, we give it a second life as a frame.
Neoprene, a difficult material to recycle
Neoprene is a synthetic foam designed to resist cold and water. These qualities make it an excellent insulator… and a real problem at the end of its life: few industries know how to recycle it. As a result, many wetsuits are thrown away each year.
From wetsuit to frame
We collect used wetsuits, clean them, cut them, then transform them and assemble them by hand in the Arcachon Basin. The patterns and shades of each wetsuit are found in the material: no two pairs are identical.
A material that tells a story
Wearing glasses made from recycled neoprene means wearing a unique and traceable object. The material that protected you from the cold underwater now protects your eyes from the sun.
