Responsible jeweller Pippa Small has been looking to find a source of clean gold for many years. After reading an article in the Independent (a mind-blowing read), she was understandably shocked to learn that for a single gold band to be made, 30 tons of toxic waste is left behind. Bearing in mind that this is just the environmental impact of extracting and mining gold, the consequences for the local communities, as well as the long-term impact of these processes is yet to be understood.