[tlusakti] Gold Jewelry: From Open Pit to Wedding Band

[Rizka Elyza]

 Gold Jewelry: From Open Pit to Wedding Band

Of all the gold in use or storage today, two-thirds is newly mined. The gold produced for a single .33 ounce, 18 karat gold ring leaves in its wake at least 18 tons of mine waste.

Learn more about jewelry and find out what you can do:

View the Good Stuff Jewelry feature:
www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/goldjewelry/

Download Good Stuff? A Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Things We Buy: www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff/

 

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Rizka Elyza

Program Energi - PELANGI

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Jakarta 12150, Indonesia

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www.pelangi.or.id

 

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