At Kinn, our goal is to make the many moments you’ll live a little bit more beautiful, while doing our best to be thoughtful and responsible stewards of our planet.
How it works
contact us
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Grab your jewelry
Grab your old jewelry of any brand (14k solid yellow gold only, no plated/filled). Send us an email with a list of items with photos.
We'll send a short questionnaire to better understand what you'd like to achieve to ensure we can accept your pieces.
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SHIP YOUR JEWELRY
Once the gold credit or the project is estimated, send us your jewelry with our insured return label (estimated shipping will be also provided).
We'll test your materials, then melt down back to its purest elements, making it equal in quality to newly minded gold. Please note that we can lose up to 25% of gold during the process.
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ENJOY YOUR CREDIT
Enjoy a Kinn store credit of $30 per gram of gold recycled toward any purchase on our site, or toward your new project.
Let us know if you prefer to create a bespoke piece with us, or if you'd like a store credit!
Recycled gold
WHAT IS IT?Recycled gold is created from existing jewelry, industrial metals, or electronic components, then they're smelted and refined until it reaches its purest elements, making it equal in quality to newly minded metals.
When it comes to jewelry, the process starts by looking for impurities in the gold itself. Impurities are then melted off during the refinery process. If the gold has been mixed with other metals, such as nickel, these alloys are separated to determine the true karat value of the gold. From there, the recycled gold is molded into another piece of jewelry.
Why use recycled gold?
In its elemental form, gold is significantly rarer than diamonds. With a finite number of gold deposits on Mother Earth, we will eventually run out of places to mine it. On top of that, many countries have seen soil erosion, deforestation, and other issues impacting the ecosystems due to gold mining.
Chemicals like mercury and cyanide are also involved in the mining process, layering more negative impacts. Using recycled gold helps to reduce the demand for newly mined metals, creating a sustainable circular economy.
