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RE: Recycling old cabling?
From: "Jason Gurtz" <jasongurtz () npumail com>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:09:53 -0400
Just out of curiosity, is anyone here recycling old cabling and plant infrastructure for their raw materials, or engaging a recycler to handle those materials?
There are places that will pay for and recycle old telecom wire. About 11 years ago I did some consulting work for a company that did just that, usually buying old wire by the railroad car-load and shipping it to a plant where it was chopped into little bits. The little bits then went through a vibrating process, where metal went one way, insulation another. Then the metal bits got sold via comex. An article I found <http://www.recyclingtoday.com/Article.aspx?article_id=19750> mentioned that the front-end process was the toughest for the recyclers. I imagine, as an operator, the best path would be to call around to various scrap metal dealers and ask if one of these wire recyclers is in the area. I have no idea about the feasibility of fiber recycling. ~JasonG
Current thread:
- Recycling old cabling? Justin M. Streiner (Aug 17)
- RE: Recycling old cabling? Jason Gurtz (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Brielle Bruns (Aug 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Frank A. Coluccio (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Jeffrey Lyon (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? khatfield (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Patrik Wallstrom (Aug 19)
- RE: Recycling old cabling? Adcock, Matt [HISNA] (Aug 30)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Jeffrey Lyon (Aug 17)
- Re: Recycling old cabling? Ricky Beam (Aug 18)