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minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoFiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
minus-squarereddithalation@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoi mean its glass, could just melt it down
minus-squarexradeon@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoSure, 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.
minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoMost optical fiber is 125um of glass with 250um coating. The coating and the jacketing that make up the cable (mostly non-recyclable plastic) are the real problem.
minus-squarelorty@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBut it’s still dirt fucking cheap to produce. The expensive parts of fibre are the transmitters/receivers at each end and the labour to splice/terminate it properly.
minus-squareCaboose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSome are complex, most aren’t I’d say.
Fiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
i mean its glass, could just melt it down
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.
Most optical fiber is 125um of glass with 250um coating. The coating and the jacketing that make up the cable (mostly non-recyclable plastic) are the real problem.
What makes fiber optic useful is the fact that it is a very specific kind of glass.
But it’s still dirt fucking cheap to produce.
The expensive parts of fibre are the transmitters/receivers at each end and the labour to splice/terminate it properly.
It’s hyper complex glass
Some are complex, most aren’t I’d say.