The Cable Drawer Guide: Which Old Cables, Chargers and Leads Are Worth Recycling Thicker household cable, extension leads, vacuum cleaner cords, older heavy phone or laptop chargers, and strings of Christmas lights contain enough copper to be worth bringing to a scrap dealer, especially once you have collected a few together. Thin single leads like…
How to Protect Cable and Copper Stock From Theft on Site Cable and copper theft has risen sharply alongside copper prices, and construction sites, plant rooms and stored materials are common targets. Practical, proportionate protection combines basic site security, keeping valuable stock out of sight and access, forensic marking such as SmartWater, and only ever…
Copper Clad Aluminium Explained: How to Spot Fake Copper Copper clad aluminium (CCA) is cable with an aluminium core wrapped in a thin layer of copper, made to look and feel like solid copper cable at a fraction of the cost. It is lighter than real copper, conducts less electricity, and is graded and paid…
Do You Need a Licence to Sell Scrap Cable? What ‘Licensed’ Actually Means No, you do not need a licence to sell your own scrap cable as a homeowner, tradesperson or business clearing out material you own. The licensing requirement under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 applies to the dealer buying or collecting it,…