Guy I know runs cable for a living...for a while there he had a nice scrap business for the stuff they had to take out. Copper price is way down now though.
Jeff -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:09 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Does anyone recycle cable? I would have thought the copper would be worth a bit...don't know anymore though. On 1/1/09, Chuck McCown - 3 <ch...@beehive.net> wrote: > Not worth shipping unless you have a whole bunch. > Look up in your local yellow pages "metal recyclers" or scrap metal dealers. > They might take it off your hands, perhaps giving you a few dollars. > The problem is the ratio of insulation to copper. > Too much plastic, not enough copper. If you were the type to ignore > environmental concerns, you could toss it on a bonfire to burn off the > plastic and rake out the copper. That is how all the old scrap > dealers did it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martha Huizenga" <mar...@dcaccess.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:47 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Does anyone recycle cable? > > >> We've been keeping our used ethernet cable for recycling. I found a >> couple of companies on the Internet, but no response. Does anyone >> have a place to recycle this? >> >> Thanks >> >> Martha >> -- >> >> Martha Huizenga >> DC Access, LLC >> 202-546-5898 >> */Friendly, Local, Affordable, Internet!/**/ Connecting the Capitol >> Hill Community >> >> /* >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
