We're having some re wiring done at work and the sparks just put off cuts in the skip. It won't amount to more than a few kilos but is there any charity that collects copper cable? it seems a shame to bin it.
AJH
i think copper is very expensive at the moment so why not pop it in your car and take it to a scrap yard (with your beer cans etc) then donate the money to oxfam?
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When I re-did the bathroom there were two Polish guys roaming up and down the road looking for scrap metal. They were very polite and asked me before taking anything; I gave them my blessing and told them when I expected to be putting most of the old pipes out.
They did take away the cable that I dumped.
Pete
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Leave any scrap outside the skip. Pikeys will cruise around every hour or so. They will take away scrap but likely to leave a fridge or two or a load of asbestos, ah well, win some, gain a load!
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Copper is worth alot, call your local metal scrap dealer, you might have to burn off the insulation in a metal container but its worth it, in US dollars its about 3$ a lb.
Don't burn off the insulation; It's illegal and the scrap yard should by rights not accept it.
"Friends, Families and Travellers" would seem the most likely and appropriate
What a wonderful view of the world you have! Where did you buy the rose tinted glasses?
Think you need to re-read what he said. I dare say some scrappies will ignore the law.
Tim
That would be a NO then, today the young lad that helps me around the yard presented me with a few hanks of copper stripped from its plastic. I might encourage him to keep a box for the purpose if the boss allows him the benefit without moaning about the "opportunity cost",
AJH
Copper at the scrap yard is =A33410/ton if you remove all the brass and shave off the insulation on a cylinder. Brass is around =A32850/ton so you can understand why its worth keeping those old taps and valves! You even get around =A31.50 for a second hand element. Brand new 22mm pipe is around =A3110 for 30 metres and 15mm is =A355 for
30metres.Dave.
What about lead?
JGH
You leave that church roof alone, lad.
Owain
My local plumbing place tell me they hardly sell copper pipe anymore now simply due to its cost, seems plastic rules the day!...
5 to the scrapper at one time seems we'd need a licence and they won't collect;!...
and its very poisonous to you and the planet, cyanides, dioxyins, cancers...
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Why are they making cable with insulation that is so poisonous when it burns. What happens in a house fire?
Kevin
a: You hear the smoke alarm and exit. b: You die from toxic fumes.
Then your insurance pays for the cleanup.
c: you use LSOH cable which costs twice as much (BS7211). You still of course exit from a: or die in about 2-3 mins from the other combustion toxic products.
If someone thinks they have lead gas piping, it might actually be block tin. That is worth considerably more (about 3x off the top of my head).
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