GEORGIA, Vermont, April 9, 2024 – In keeping with its mission to help our community reduce, reuse and divert as much waste as possible from the landfill, NWSWD is excited to announce its partnership with Astronomers Without Borders (AWB) to prevent solar eclipse glasses from being thrown away and instead give them a chance to be reused.

Through this partnership, NWSWD will establish collection points all of its six Drop-Off Sites, where community members and visitors can drop off their used solar eclipse glasses. Glasses must be free of tears and bends. These glasses will then be collected by AWB for reuse at future eclipse events all over the world.  In the past, AWB has sent solar glasses to folks in Africa, Asia, North and South America who may not otherwise have a safe way to view annular and total solar eclipses safely.