ZEAL Unveils Biodegradable Sunglass Made from Cotton

ZEAL Optics announced the release of the world’s first cotton biodegradable sunglass, the Ace, produced from 100% USA Grown cotton. For this launch, ZEAL partnered with the renowned Mazzucchelli family, boasting over 160 years of eyewear expertise in Italy, to provide an ecological statement to the eyewear market without sacrificing style.

“After two years of development, we are bringing to market an amazing product with a purpose,” said ZEAL President John Sanchez.

In combination with ZEAL’s plant-based e-llume lens, the Ace is the greenest sunglass ever developed, says the company.

“The eyewear industry needs innovators. Small, independent brands like ZEAL help to push the limits of the market,” said Joe Prebich, ZEAL’s Director of Marketing. “It’s so exciting to think about how the brand can transform at retail around a product that has this type of ecological story behind it.”

ZEAL Optics’ patent-pending plant-based lenses offer protection and prevention from UVA, B, and C, as well as, being able to identify and block a negative light range called High Energy Visible (HEV) light. This was recently cited as a possible cause of cataracts and macular degeneration. The ZEAL e-llume lens not only identifies this spectrum of light, but helps to block it out. The e-llume lenses contain a special hard coating for scratch resistance, along with an exclusive high transmission polarized film for increased eye protection from harmful rays.

The Ace will be offered in RX at +3.00 to -4.50 for those who need protective prescription eyewear through ZEAL’s custom Digital RX Lab. It will be available worldwide on September 2.