Eco-Friendly Practices: Recycling Metal!
SO....What Can You Do As a Consumer?

Look for products made with Certified Fairmined or Fairtrade gold OR buy from makers who are recycling gold in their studios. Better yet, if you have gold jewelry that's broken or you just don't wear anymore you can have it refashioned into something new!
Here's a look at how that works at Doris Jean Design:


We process pieces with identifiable karat quality, separate and clean the gold, and get ready to melt it down.
Here's a look at pouring the melted gold:
Not all of our gold is recycled in studio, we also use suppliers who only sell SCS-certified 100% recycled gold. Let us know if you have any questions about our studio practices!
4 comments
I really like your approach to making jewelry using recycled metal like gold since mining is bad for the environment already. Thanks for sharing, this really inspired me to contribute and get rid of the metals my house accumulated from its recent construction. It’s supposed to go to waste but now, I’ll find a better place for these at a metal recycling facility. https://www.adlmetals.com.au/
This is such important information, I love how you broke it down!
This is such important information, I love how you broke it down!
This is SO amazing! I wish more jewelers did this. Thanks for making beautiful things from recycled, yet equally beautiful materials.