About 13 pounds [43 kg] of gold, they end up in the sewers of Switzerland each year

Scientists estimate that some 13 pounds [43 kg] of gold end up in the drain tubes in Switzerland each year and therefore the sewer network. This amount of gold is worth $1.8 million.

This is due to the fact that about 70% of gold in the world passes through refinerys in Switzerland, where processed parts have been preserved and littered into waste tubes, writes albinfo.ch.ch.

Scientists have found that this amount of gold has no environmentally harmful effects, so gold processing companies can allow waste to be thrown the same way they used to through the sewer system.

However, several attempts have been made to <x0kapur” waste material and benefit from it, especially in the Tisina region, where the concentration of gold on the sewers is higher.

In addition to gold, scientists have found a large quantity of silver on the sewage pipes in Switzerland, which corresponds to an estimated $1.7 million each year.