Repair & ReuseHamburgReturn scrap jewellery to a ScheideanstaltKeep old gold in the loop instead of a drawer Norddeutsche Edelmetall Scheideanstalt in Norderstedt (with Hamburg and Buxtehude desks) buys and refines scrap jewellery, dental gold, and silverware. Consumers book a drop-off; the plant recovers gold, silver, platinum, and palladium for new craft and industry — classic urban mining without a landfill detour. What you can do - Book a drop-off via Terminbuchung (appointment required) - Bring old jewellery or dental scrap; read Goldschmuck Ankauf first - Ask whether you want cash or refined metal returned for a remake with a local goldsmith How it works The Scheideanstalt assays and separates metals in closed processes using secondary feedstock only. Recycled fine metal re-enters jewellery and industry supply. Why it matters Every gram recovered at home is a gram that need not leave a new scar on a distant hillside. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: Norddeutsche Edelmetall · Terminbuchung · Goldschmuck Ankauf. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Gold jewelry.recyclingjewelleryscheideanstalt +2
Repair & ReuseStuttgartChoose recycled urban-mined gold for new piecesCommission jewellery from metal that already exists C. Hafner in Wimsheim near Pforzheim refines gold exclusively from secondary sources — scrap jewellery and e-waste urban mining — with published life-cycle results showing far lower CO₂ than primary mine gold. Ask jewellers for verified recycled content; route broken electronics through municipal collection so metals can re-enter refiners like this. What you can do - Ask your jeweller for 100% recycled / secondary gold before ordering a new piece - Read C. Hafner’s secondary-gold footprint note - Drop e-waste at your city’s collection point so boards can feed certified urban-mining streams How it works Refiners melt and refine post-consumer metal. Independent studies (INEC / Hochschule Pforzheim) compare secondary routes to mine gold; jewellery scrap recycling beats both e-waste and primary routes on CO₂. Why it matters Beauty that already exists can be remade — urban mining turns yesterday’s gadgets and heirlooms into tomorrow’s tools of care. Source & repost Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it. Source: C. Hafner · Sekundärgold Ökobilanz.recyclingurban-mininggold +2
