Why should we recycle scrap copper wire?

Scrap copper wires can be found all over various businesses, which can be found in the building wire, plumbing, computers and other electronics, built in appliances, company cars, and heating and cooling systems. More and more people has started their copper recycling business. I also recommend everyone to recycle scrap copper wires. Here are the main reasons:

1. Great copper demand:

With the development of electric transport, electricity transmission grids and renewable power generation, the demand of copper is growing rapaidly. According to data of S&P Global, the global copper consumption will increase from nearly 30 million now to about 53 million in 2050.

Copper ore

Unfortunately, the pace of innovation in contemporary mining technology has been rather stagnant, resulting in a substantial duration of approximately 16 years to bring a new mine into operation. This implies that the copper products we utilize on a daily basis might have originated from ores extracted several decades or even longer ago.

An astonishing volume of waste cables and wires, predominantly composed of copper wires, finds its way to waste streams annually due to factors such as aging and obsolescence. These discarded cables represent a hidden treasure trove of recyclable material. By deploying advanced and efficient methods to reclaim and recycle these scrap copper wires, we stand a real chance at significantly diminishing our reliance on freshly mined copper reserves.

2. High economic benefits

Final products

The copper recycled from copper wires is red copper, which has extremely high recycling value, can be used to make a variety of practical and beautiful metal products, such as electronic products, building materials, copper pipe fittings, copper alloys, etc. In addition, it is also very popular in the metal recycling market and can be sold directly for up to $8,220.

3. Significant environment profit

After undergoing the aging process, scrap copper wires often face the grim fate of being randomly discarded in landfills or subjected to direct burial. However, the massive accumulation of scrap copper wires in landfills not only consumes precious land resources, but also, if treated through burial, may potentially release certain trace elements that can subtly permeate into the environment, thereby posing potential impacts on the environment. Recycling scrap copper wires will eliminate these hazards.

In the early recycling scrap copper wires, the most common approach is burning to remove the sheath. However, the purity of recycled copper is relatively low, and the quality of copper will be damaged, which will influence the selling price. Besides, in the incineration process will produce a lot of smoke pollution, so incineration burning soon be banned.

Scrap copper wire recycling machine

Scrap copper wire recycling machine is a machine for processing scrap copper wires to recycle copper and plastic. Due to the separated copper looks like rice, it is also called copper wire granulator machine. It adopts dry type physical separation method to separate copper from scrap copper wires, therefore, it won't damage the quality of copper, moreover, it can separate copper from plastic with the separating rate of 99%, because it is equipped with electrostatic separator, taking advantages of the different conductivity of metals and non-metals.

Henan Doing Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd is a professional copper wire recycling machinery manufacturer, with over ten years experience in export. If you are interested in copper wire recycling, and need our scrap copper wire recycling machine, welcome to contact us feel free.