greenKarat Eco Jewelry

Most people do not discard gold and precious metals and have old jewelry sitting idle in their homes. Individuals have trouble getting value for their old jewelry so it sits in bank vaults and in the form of old and unwanted jewelry while mining continues at a pace of 2,500 tons a year, 80% of which is used by the jewelry industry. In fact, we estimate that there is enough gold above ground (already mined) to satisfy all demands of the jewelry industry for the next 50 years. By participating in the myKarat registry, you are driving a fundamental change in the supply chain of the jewelry industry and getting us closer to our goal of ending all mining activity on the planet. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), hard rock mining, which includes, although is not limited, to the mining of gold, releases almost half of all toxic pollution in the US, with a clean-up cost in the tens of billions of dollars. Source: EPA Annual Report