General News
04/03/2026
07:40
Mint Innovation
Mint Innovation Achieves Industry-First Closed Loop Recycled Copper Production in Collaboration with HP
Certification validates Mint’s world-first metal recovery technology capable of returning traceable, certified copper from electronic waste for reuse in new products.SYDNEY, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mint Innovation, an e-waste technology company, today announced it has successfully produced the industry’s first batch of certified closed loop recycled copper through an industry-first collaboration with HP Inc. The milestone demonstrates Mint’s proprietary biosorption technology, which recovers high-purity copper from HP’s end-of-life printed circuit boards (PCBs) for reuse in HP PC manufacturing starting with the HP EliteBook X G2 Series laptops and HP EliteBoard G1a Next Gen AI PC. The announcement comes as the world grapples with a mounting e-waste crisis. According to the United Nations, humanity generates a record 62 million tonnes of e-waste annually, a figure on track to rise to 82 million tonnes…