Copper prices - worth weighing in scrap cable?
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Hi guys, I hope this is the correct forum for the question. I have amassed a fairly large amount of cable off-cuts, about four binbags full of CAT5 and two bags full of chunky power cable. No bits are longer than five metres or so, so they are sod all use for wiring anything, but I wondered if it would be worth taking it to the scrappy?
I have about 40kg of CAT5, which is about 50% copper by weight, and roughly the same of the power cable, which is more like 70% copper by weight. Will the scrapyard take it with all the insulation on, or does it all need to be stripped back/burnt off? Any idea on value would be great, I don't want to drive all the way down to the yard and wait about for an hour to end up with a tenner in my pocket!
I have about 40kg of CAT5, which is about 50% copper by weight, and roughly the same of the power cable, which is more like 70% copper by weight. Will the scrapyard take it with all the insulation on, or does it all need to be stripped back/burnt off? Any idea on value would be great, I don't want to drive all the way down to the yard and wait about for an hour to end up with a tenner in my pocket!
Burning it is a nasty business though.
Some years ago I just pulled in to collect something from a local timber merchants,they where having a large new shed built,during the early hours some pikey/scumbag had started a fire with some of the waste timber and chucked a big coil of steel wired armoured cable on top,the black smoke was unbelievable. The smell lingered around the place for months after.
Some years ago I just pulled in to collect something from a local timber merchants,they where having a large new shed built,during the early hours some pikey/scumbag had started a fire with some of the waste timber and chucked a big coil of steel wired armoured cable on top,the black smoke was unbelievable. The smell lingered around the place for months after.
That price guide indicates £900/tonne for 45% insulated wire, that's 90p/kg so my 80kg of cable would be worth £72! What if I strip it all back to make "dry bright wire" at £3600/tonne though (I assume that is what the term means)?
[ (40kg x 50%) + (40kg x 75%) ] x £3.60 = £180
I reckon it would take one man between eleventy and flumpteen hours to strip all that, and he would completely lose his mind during the process . . . so it's totally not worth stripping it. Unless my maths is wrong, it's well worth taking it all down the scrappy as-is though!
[ (40kg x 50%) + (40kg x 75%) ] x £3.60 = £180
I reckon it would take one man between eleventy and flumpteen hours to strip all that, and he would completely lose his mind during the process . . . so it's totally not worth stripping it. Unless my maths is wrong, it's well worth taking it all down the scrappy as-is though!
I guess im abit late but il let you know anyway for future reference.
Shiny Copper is where you get the money this was back in 2007 but i think it was averaging £2000+ a ton, then it goes down hill black/burnt copper is less and copper (unstripped) wire even less.
I use to work on a recycling site that had a skip full of copper that was filled every week from the sorting belt. 2 of them white paper recycling bags use to net me 100-150 every week.
Shiny Copper is where you get the money this was back in 2007 but i think it was averaging £2000+ a ton, then it goes down hill black/burnt copper is less and copper (unstripped) wire even less.
I use to work on a recycling site that had a skip full of copper that was filled every week from the sorting belt. 2 of them white paper recycling bags use to net me 100-150 every week.
or £3200 for pure copper heat sinks etc.blueg33 said:
JB! said:
big problem on the railway.
"people" stealing copper cable.
Yep the pikeys keep making me late for work! Last time the delay was 2 hours"people" stealing copper cable.
its gotta be an inside job. 2 lads from liverpool got nicked in MK last winter stealing, and one guy got fried "oop north" but there is so much theft, but no sightings of people doing it...
[/tin foil hat]
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