Probably not, as it would have been rapidly rediscovered. Particle physics is a large and active field of research.
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Perhaps my previous comment was overly optimistic, as both Journal of High Energy Physics and the Nature family are published by Springer nowadays.
In physics the situation does not seem too terrible. The American Physical Society is a nonprofit which runs a family of go-to subscription-type journals. Preprints on arxiv are the standard.
Publishing innovations are popping up from time to time. A prominent example is scipost.org, which is funded by national funding agencies and is free to both publish and read. Also, their peer-review is public.
Full disclosure: I have published in various APS journals.
Indeed, it seems that the risk of significant vision loss consequence of LASIK surgery is ~5 times lower than that of contact-lens wearing, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK#Risks . However, it also seems that this risk is tiny, on the order of 0.05%. Other complications of LASIK seem much more likely (see the same link). It would be interesting to see a large study comparing LASIK with wearing contact lenses.
It seems to me that sorting stuff (recycling) at home is prone to errors to such a high degree that it is just a feel-good thing, as opposed to something useful for the environment.
I was surprised to read "older customers need a range of multifocal options". Did not know that multifocal contact lenses even existed!
Also, it really is a pity that only glasses and contact lenses are available for people with myopia, laser surgery having a high risk of various complications, most prominently eye dryness.