Recycling of old
jewelry and precious metals has long been overlooked by the green eco-friendly
movement. YOURGOLD, is well aware of the issue that underlay the mining of
precious metals industries. Most people think about the recycling of plastic
and paper in the form of garbage as how they will contribute to the green
movement. The future of
our world depends on eco-friendly practices.
Very few people know the devastating footprint that mining for precious metals
does to our ecosystem. We think that it
is important for us to point out a few damaging practices that take place in
the mining of the jewelry that you own.
- The refining of just one ounce of gold from the earth requires over 20
tons of the earths excavation to be extracted.
This is an astonishing number. Take into account that in the
USA
it is estimated that on average, each American household has over one ounces of
unused or unwanted precious metals.
- One of the largest dangers to
the world’s fresh water supply is caused by mining of
precious metals. High uses of dangerous arsenic, cyanide and chemical
concentration of sulfuric acid harms drinking water worldwide.
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People who
work these mines are often diagnosed with life threatening complications such
as silicosis, asbestosis and pneumoconiosis also know as black lung.
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Many mines
worldwide are controlled by the criminal underground and governments that are
committing human rights abuses.
WE
ASK THAT YOU DO YOUR PART AND RECYCLE
YOUR OLD PRECIOUS METALS