Which cable stripping tool for scrap?

[HappyHippyDad]

Good for you . It is a sacrilege to waste the Earth's none recurring resources ,and you get paid for it too

Well, that's where it gets a little complicated. By stripping the cable and taking the bright copper into be weighed you are then left with all the insulation which I am not sure what to do with. Had I taken the cable to weighed in with all the insulation left on then the insulation gets recycled as it all gets shredded (micronisation) and then sorted.
During my next visit to the scrap dealer i will take in all the insulation and ask if he will take it for recycling but I'd be surprised if he does.

can we have a link to that £20 jobby?

Manual Handle Wire Cable Stripping Machine Wire Stripper Scrap Copper 1-20mm | eBay

Model: Wire Stripping Machine 1. Type: Wire Stripping Machine. 1x Stripping Machine. Sturdy and practical, free to disassemble, free assembly. Fine quality, safe and convenient to operate. Due to the influence of the display and the light of the photo, there may be a gap between the color of...

www.ebay.co.uk

Not sure why it says 'manual handle', there's no handle, you just pull the cable through.

 

[ruston]

Maybe there is a facility at the local council site for it.
Pvc will be in a lot of products.

 

[Mike Johnson]

The problem with re-cycling any coloured plastic is it can only come out as a black pellet to be used again, most domestic people (that means us) do not like their kitchen dust pans and brush's in black, so the demand for black pellets is low compared too original colours.

 

[Edtwozeronine]

@gaz101 's thread got me thinking about stripping all my scrap cables rather than taking them in for weighing with all the insulation on.

The cable I have is nearly all 1mm-6mm. I realise many of you feel it is not worth the time stripping the smaller cables but I would be quite happy spending a few hours doing it every so often on a quiet Sunday and wondered if there is a machine that strips down to 1mm twin and earth?

At our scrappy they just grade cables and take them as they come.