> 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
