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minus-squareridethisbike@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoProbably, but I don’t think you can easily melt it down and sell the raw materials like you can with metals… Just a hunch
minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 months agoFiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
minus-squarereddithalation@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·10 months agoi mean its glass, could just melt it down
minus-squarexradeon@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoSure, but the glass core is only 8–9 µm wide, it’s a minuscule amount of glass compared to copper cables so it’s not really worth it to melt it down.
minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-210 months agoMost optical fiber is 125um of glass with 250um coating. The coating and the jacketing that make up the cable (mostly non-recyclable plastic) are the real problem.
minus-squarexradeon@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI don’t know of any fiber that the core is 125 microns. Can you link to one? Neither Single Mode nor Multi Mode fiber is that large.
minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoWhat makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoBut it’s still dirt fucking cheap to produce. The expensive parts of fibre are the transmitters/receivers at each end and the labour to splice/terminate it properly.
minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoSome are complex, most aren’t I’d say.
Probably, but I don’t think you can easily melt it down and sell the raw materials like you can with metals… Just a hunch
Fiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
i mean its glass, could just melt it down
Sure, but the glass core is only 8–9 µm wide, it’s a minuscule amount of glass compared to copper cables so it’s not really worth it to melt it down.
Most optical fiber is 125um of glass with 250um coating. The coating and the jacketing that make up the cable (mostly non-recyclable plastic) are the real problem.
I don’t know of any fiber that the core is 125 microns. Can you link to one? Neither Single Mode nor Multi Mode fiber is that large.
What makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.
But it’s still dirt fucking cheap to produce.
The expensive parts of fibre are the transmitters/receivers at each end and the labour to splice/terminate it properly.
It’s hyper complex glass
Some are complex, most aren’t I’d say.