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Cable recycling

Nationwide electrical cable recycling for businesses.

Electrical, armoured, data and coaxial cables collected from businesses of any size, anywhere in the UK.

cable recycling

All Cables

Copper and aluminium conductor cable of every type.

Any Volume

From offcut bags and drums to full site clearances.

UK-Wide

Collection service available, Mon–Fri.

Nationwide electrical cable recycling for businesses.

At MetalCycle, we provide specialist cable recycling and disposal services for businesses of all sizes across the UK.

Cable waste is made up of a metal conductor, usually copper or aluminium, wrapped in plastic or rubber insulation. Some cables also have steel wire armour or foil shielding. Electrical cable recycling separates these materials so the metal can be recovered and reused, and nothing valuable ends up in landfill.

Whether you’re an electrical contractor with drums of offcuts or a telecoms engineer removing old lines, our cable recycling service makes disposal simple and efficient.

cable recycling

Why recycling cable matters for your business.

Waste cable builds up fast on projects and refurbishments. It tangles, takes up space and holds copper and aluminium that is worth recovering.

Choosing our cable recycling service means your waste is processed properly. It is granulated or stripped to separate the metal from the insulation, the copper and aluminium go back into the supply chain, and the plastic is recovered wherever possible.

What we take

Types of cable we collect:

Electrical cable

Twin and earth, flex, mains and power cable from installation and strip-out work.

Armoured cable

SWA and heavy-duty power cable from industrial, utility and construction projects.

Coaxial cable

TV, satellite, CCTV and RF coaxial cable, loose or on drums.

Data & telecoms cable

Cat5, Cat6, multi-core and telephone cable from IT and network upgrades.

Not listed? Ask us – we’ll confirm whether we can collect it.

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Electrical cable

armoured cable recycling

Armoured cable

Data cable

coaxial cable recycling

Coaxial cable

The Advantages

Why choose us for cable recycling?

UK-wide collections

Fast, dependable cable collections for businesses across the country.

Any volume

From bags of offcuts and single drums to full site and building clearances.

Compliance sorted

Full documentation for every collection to support your duty of care.

Sustainable

Metals recovered, insulation processed responsibly and landfill avoided.

The process

How our cable collection service works.

01

Get your quote

Tell us the cable types, whether it’s stripped or unstripped, the approximate weight and your location. Photos help us quote accurately.

02

Book a collection

We collect waste cable directly from your premises or site at a time that suits you.

03

Transport & recycling

Cable is sorted by type, then granulated or stripped to separate the metal from the insulation.

04

Certificate

Recovered copper and aluminium go back into the supply chain. We provide full compliance documentation for your records.

Arrange your cable waste collection.

If your business needs a reliable, sustainable and fully compliant cable recycling service, MetalCycle is here to help.

Contact us today to schedule your cable collection and turn waste cable into recovered value.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions.

We recycle electrical, armoured, data, telecoms, coaxial and aluminium cable, stripped or unstripped, from a wide range of sectors.

Cable is sorted by type, then granulated or mechanically stripped to separate the copper or aluminium conductor from the plastic or rubber insulation. The recovered metal is then recycled back into the supply chain.

Yes. We collect TV, satellite, CCTV and RF coaxial cable. Its copper or copper-clad core and metal shielding are recovered during processing.