For nearly 1.500 years, recycling has been a normal and mostly systematic practice in ancient Peru’s societies. The scientific study of a metallurgical workshop from Huaca de la Luna Moche, archaeological site in Trujillo, Peru, showed that pre-Colombian goldsmiths were recycling their own metal scraps and damaged works by re-melting them.
Gold has been recycled for millennia.
In line with this local and economic ancient custom, Motché has made the conscious choice to use recycled gold coming from damaged and old-fashioned jewelry. These pieces have been collected among the consumers and even our customers willing to give a new life to their own jewelry. The produced molten gold is further refined to restore its purity while respecting gold market regulation.