
Is Recycled Gold Sustainable?
Recycled gold is marketed as a climate-friendly alternative. But is it really sustainable – and what does that even mean? The answer is more complex
“Recycled gold” isn’t a uniformly defined term. Here we break down the different sub-categories (investment gold, pre-consumer, post-consumer, waste), what the common marketing myths are and which claims you can actually make with a clear conscience.

Recycled gold is marketed as a climate-friendly alternative. But is it really sustainable – and what does that even mean? The answer is more complex

Investment vs. Pre-Consumer vs. Post-Consumer vs. Waste Most people think “recycled gold” is automatically a good choice. After all, we’ve all been taught that recycling

When you want to buy sustainable gold, you often face this question: Should you use recycled gold – or newly mined gold from fair small-scale

Gold has always been valuable to people and has been recycled for hundreds of years.

Recycled gold sounds sustainable – but what’s really behind it? The term isn’t protected and can mean anything: from end-of-life jewellery from end users to

For a long time, we at Fairever have been searching for a solution that combines genuine recycled gold with fair impact. Because one thing is

Saskia Shutt, a member of our community has recently published an article about Recycled Gold at the Source, a blog by the Ethical Metalsmiths.