Modern Alchemy: Extracting Gold From e-Waste

Guest Author: Sandra Wilson, Professor or Metal Design at DJCAD, University of Dundee. Her research is funded by various UK research councils and her award winning jewellery and silversmithing is exhibited internationally.  Professor Sandra Wilson in the Love Chemistry Laboratory with a solution of gold chloride.   Photo: David Cheskin Gold is now included on the European…

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The Sustainable Jewellery Workshop

Are Traditionally Jewellery Workshops Sustainable? To some extent the answer is “yes”. Jewellers have always collected their precious metal scrap for recycling. However, this is more about the value of the scrap than the desire to be sustainable. Hand made jewellery is more sustainable than commercially manufactured jewellery because the fabrication processes involve less machinery…

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