{"id":283,"date":"2020-01-28T16:57:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/?p=283"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T10:37:24","slug":"large-quantities-of-scrap-gold-thrown-away-in-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/large-quantities-of-scrap-gold-thrown-away-in-rubbish\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Quantities of Scrap Gold Thrown Away in Rubbish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see how an item of scrap gold might have lost its shine, leading you to wonder what\u2019s the best way to dispose of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As specialists in scrap gold selling and recycling, we\u2019ve noticed increasing numbers of people from waste disposal companies getting in touch with significant quantities of scrap gold, carelessly thrown away in regular household rubbish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might not think your regular household waste is worth much to anyone, but enough of us are throwing away a literal fortune, as pieces of scrap gold get chucked out on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means so many of us are losing out on the deal of a lifetime, as the price of gold remains high and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/farewell-to-golden-heirlooms-as-price-remains-high\/\">demand for scrap gold<\/a> stays healthy and consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold in your weekly rubbish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You make a point of remembering to sort out your recycling from regular rubbish, but take care not to put any scrap gold in with your plastic or food waste! With the price of just a gram of 9-carat scrap gold being worth \u00a314.14, losing a load of unwanted gold jewellery could lose you a significant sum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cases, people are possibly losing these items by accident, but in the event that someone is throwing scrap gold away intentionally, there\u2019s a good reason to stop them &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/live-prices\">gold prices are close<\/a> to hitting an all-time high in pound sterling terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means that the gold scrap you find lying around your home is far from worthless &#8211; in fact, it could be worth more to you than ever before. That\u2019s because the price of gold per troy ounce hit an all-time of \u00a31,200 last summer, and prices have remained close to this peak ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reasons to sell scrap gold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might be easy to see scrap gold items as unnecessary, unwanted or useless, especially if handed down through the family, in poor condition. But just because that old golden chain you\u2019ve got lying around is broken, it doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t make a sizable amount, by selling your scrap gold and letting us recycle it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for scrap gold remains high, especially as so much of it ends up in landfill already, given that many consumer tech devices, including smartphones and tablets, use components which contain traces of gold and other precious metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To demonstrate just how much scrap gold is thrown down the drain in this way already, read our story about how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/land-of-the-rising-sun-sees-value-in-recycled-gold\/\">the Japanese government recycled gold<\/a> from over six million devices, creating enough recycled scrap gold to help make over 5,000 Olympic medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just remember, scrap gold is still gold, and it\u2019s bound to be worth a significant amount. Think twice before chucking it away in the rubbish, if you can\u2019t think of a good use to put it to. Why not consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/what-we-buy\">selling it to a gold specialist<\/a> who can recycle it for you, and help make you a tidy sum in the process?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about recycling scrap gold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/sell-gold\">drop us a message<\/a> or give Cash for Your Gold a call on 01902 623 253 today &#8211; we\u2019ve paid out over \u00a330 million for scrap gold already, so what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s easy to see how an item of scrap gold might have lost its shine, leading you to wonder what\u2019s the best way to dispose of it. As specialists in scrap gold selling and recycling, we\u2019ve noticed increasing numbers of people from waste disposal companies getting in touch with significant quantities of scrap gold, carelessly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/large-quantities-of-scrap-gold-thrown-away-in-rubbish\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Large Quantities of Scrap Gold Thrown Away in Rubbish&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-precious-metals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Large Quantities of Scrap Gold Thrown Away in Rubbish - Cash For Your Gold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You might find it hard to believe, but waste disposal companies are increasingly finding gold needlessly thrown away along with other household rubbish.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cashforyourgold.co.uk\/blog\/large-quantities-of-scrap-gold-thrown-away-in-rubbish\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Large Quantities of Scrap Gold Thrown Away in Rubbish - 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