Britain to get first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from e-waste

Cheshire-based facility will be world's first to use bacteria-based recycling processes

The UK is to get its first commercial refinery for extracting precious metals from electronic waste, which will also be the world's first to use bacteria rather than cyanide-based processes.

A New Zealand startup, Mint Innovation, plans to open the facility within 12 months in Cheshire, in the north of England, after delays caused by the Covid-19 crisis.