Our phones are too precious to end up in the trash. And yet 7 out of 10 phones find themselves in landfills worldwide. To raise awareness about e-waste, we created G.old: a jewelry collection made with precious metals mined from our discarded phones.
About G.old on Product Hunt
“Jewelry from discarded smartphones.”
G.old launched on Product Hunt on February 7th, 2020 and earned 118 upvotes and 17 comments, placing #5 on the daily leaderboard. Our phones are too precious to end up in the trash. And yet 7 out of 10 phones find themselves in landfills worldwide. To raise awareness about e-waste, we created G.old: a jewelry collection made with precious metals mined from our discarded phones.
On the analytics side, G.old competes within Jewelry, Climate Tech and Tech — topics that collectively have 639k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how G.old performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted G.old?
G.old was hunted by Gauthier Nadaud. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of G.old including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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