| How many times have you looked inside your | | | | much and what type you are planning on |
| jewelry box and saw all the mismatched earrings, | | | | recycling. |
| broken necklaces, or out of date pieces? They sit | | | | The demand for gold has increased tremendously |
| there inside your box taking up space and | | | | over the years and still is increasing to this day. |
| collecting dust. Most people are not aware of the | | | | The mining industry is struggling to meet these |
| different options available to them to get rid of | | | | demands. The mining companies have to dig |
| their unwanted jewelry. | | | | deeper underground to find precious metals. The |
| Most people think that the only way to get rid of | | | | farther they go underground the more they |
| old jewelry is to use a pawn shop. Pawn shops | | | | deplete our resources. When you recycle your |
| are convenient and are usually abundant in larger | | | | gold you are doing your part to help save our |
| cities, however, the price you get is way below | | | | natural resources. |
| the market price. Another option to consider is to | | | | Mining for gold takes a tremendous amount of |
| recycle your gold and get paid cash in return. | | | | water not including how it contaminates the water |
| By using an online company that buys second | | | | sources it is drawn from. The majority of mining |
| hand jewelry and recycles it, you will get a fair | | | | companies can consume up to one hundred million |
| market value for it. Unlike the small amount that | | | | gallons of water a day, sometimes more. Not to |
| you would receive at a pawn shop. It is a simple | | | | mention the chemicals used to refine gold ore |
| and reliable way to make some quick extra cash | | | | pollutes the water, soil, and kills ecosystems |
| and get rid of jewelry just taking up space in | | | | surrounding it. |
| your jewelry box. | | | | The price of gold is at an all time high and this is |
| It doesn't matter how much unwanted gold | | | | partly due to the fact that most of the rich veins |
| jewelry you have. Even a small amount is worth | | | | of gold have been depleted. Nowadays, the only |
| money when the pure gold is taken out and | | | | way to find and extract the gold is for the mining |
| melted down. This is especially true because | | | | companies to create huge open pit mines. This is |
| otherwise the pieces would be just sitting there | | | | done through blasting through the ground and |
| collecting dust. Today with the economy the way | | | | excavating huge amounts of ore. |
| it is, every little bit will help. | | | | This means the more people who recycle their |
| The amount you receive for your used jewelry | | | | silver and gold for cash the fewer natural |
| will depend on a couple of things. The first is the | | | | resources are being depleted. By recycling your |
| purity of the gold and the combined weight of the | | | | old jewelry you can make some much need |
| gold. Lastly, it will depend on the current daily price | | | | money and help the environment at the same |
| of gold on the market. It just depends on how | | | | time. |