Have PVC Wires & Household Cable To Scrap?

If you want to sell your PVC wires for scrap, you must remove the plug or device attached to the cable.

Most scrap yards won’t accept PVC wires with plugs or devices attached! Your cables could even be categorised as a cheaper grade of scrap metal like irony alloy, reject cable and pluggy cable.

To ensure that you make the most money from your household cables, cut off the plug and electronic device they’re attached to before visiting your local scrap yard.

Stripping your wires can be worthwhile if you have the correct tools to do so only if the copper content takes up the majority of the weight.

Generally speaking, it’s the copper content inside your PVC wires which makes them valuable to scrap metal dealers.

By stripping and extracting the copper content from your PVC wires, you could potentially receive more for your cables, however, the reason cables are priced differently is to accommodate this weight difference and the time involved in stripping it.

However, if you don’t have the correct tools to strip your wires properly or damage the copper content during this process, then you could receive less money for your PVC wires than it would be if you weighed it in complete.

For example, if you burn your household wire it will weigh in as no2 burned copper. Not only does this de-value your copper content but it is extremely harmful to the environment.

Scrapyards have specialist cable granulation machines to strip cables properly.

To summarise, you shouldn’t strip your PVC wires if you don’t have the tools to do so or if the copper content is less than 30% of the total mass.

Scrap Local can help you find a local scrap yard that buys PVC wire!

Once you’ve submitted an online enquiry to our team, we’ll connect you directly to a scrap metal dealer from your area who specialises in scrapping cables like PVC wire for the most accurate prices.

See how much you could make from your PVC wire and submit your details to us!