24 points
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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
15 points
Fiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
6 points
3 points
What makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.
17 points
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.