Just realized our team's old coax cables are piling up in the dumpster.

I was cleaning out the work van yesterday and saw a huge bundle of old coaxial cables we pulled from a job. It hit me that we just toss these in the trash every week. I started thinking about all the copper and plastic going to landfills. Our company doesn't have a recycling program for this stuff, so it all gets dumped. I remember reading that some places take old cables to strip for materials. Maybe we could set up a bin at the shop for scrap wire. It seems like a small change, but it could add up over time. What do you guys do with your leftover cables?

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drewc626mo ago

Our shop wastes SO much cable too, it's crazy.

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jamiew246mo ago

Read an article last week that said a lot of waste comes from old measuring habits. Guys will pull a whole new spool for a small job just because the partial one looks messy. Some places are trying pre-cut kits for common runs to stop that.

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ryan_price6mo ago

Ugh, feels like everything's like that now.

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