dirty gold

Wedding Bands From Old Computers

Filed under: Jewelry

There are many ways to recycle a used wedding band but not so many new wedding bands from recycled materials. Good Point Recycling has had the plan to make wedding bands from gold taken from discarded computers since 2004 and they are finally getting close to making them available for sale. I've written about the negative environmental effects of gold mining. The company has elected not to make "vanity products" from the recycled gold and the proceeds from the rings, which will cost around $5,000 each will benefit the non-profit group Earthworks which spearheads the No Dirty Gold campaign. The rings should finally be on the market around Valentine's Day in 2007.

[via The Green Guide]

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Tags: dirty gold, eco-friendly, gold, green, recycling, wedding bands, WeddingBands

The No Dirty Gold Campaign

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

We've spent plenty of time talking about conflict gems but what about what they are set in? The No Dirty Gold campaign seeks to educate consumers on what gold mining entails and to compel mining corporations to make sure that gold is produced in more socially and environmentally responsible ways. Now eight retailers Zale Corp., the Signet Group (the parent firm of Sterling and Kay Jewelers), Tiffany & Co., Helzberg Diamonds, Fortunoff, Cartier, Piaget, and Van Cleef & Arpels put an ad in yesterday's New York Times saying that they will work with Oxfam America and EarthWorks to end "dirty gold." The average gold ring, which weighs in at 1/3 of an ounce generates 20 tons of waste and gold mining contributes to air, water and soil pollution and human rights violations.

[via Treehugger]

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Tags: dirty gold, ecology, gold, green issues, human rights, oxfam