A Japan-Italy research team say they have developed a simple and convenient method for recovering copper wires from PVC cables that involves the use of microwave radiation and avoids the generation or use of toxic chemicals.
  • @just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6•5 months ago

    Well, you’re assuming this is all flat, unbent wiring. When this stuff is scrapped, it’s just a folded mess or ball. They want to just take a big junkyard mess of wiring and melt all the plastic off without any toxic byproducts, then recover the copper.