Sell scrap electrical cable in Brisbane

Brisbane scrap cable buyers who collect from your site

Every rewire, switchboard upgrade and strip-out leaves cable behind, and the copper inside is a non-ferrous metal with real value. Forge Recyclers buys scrap cable in Brisbane and across South East Queensland from electricians, data and solar installers, builders and demolition crews. We pick it up from your site. Send photos of the cable and we reply with a quote.

Types of scrap cable and wire we buy

• Building wire

  TPS and building cable offcuts, drum ends and pulled-out runs.

• Heavy power cable

  Thick copper mains and sub-mains cable, single core or multicore.

• Armoured cable

  Cable with steel wire or tape armour, priced on the copper inside.

• Data and comms cable

  Cat 5 and Cat 6, coax and phone cable.

• Welding cable and leads

  Rubber welding cable, extension leads and appliance cords.

• Solar cable

  DC cable offcuts and pulled runs from solar installs.

• Aluminium cable

  Supply cable with aluminium conductors, graded apart from copper.

• Bare copper wire

  Earth wire and stripped cable.

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Why sell your scrap cable to Forge Recyclers

• Priced on the copper inside. Heavy power cable carries more copper for its weight than thin data cable, and the quote reflects that.
• Offcuts and drum ends collected from the job. Bags of cable leave your site without a trip to a yard.
• A quote from photos of the cut ends. You see it before we collect anything.
• Regular pick-ups on request. If cable piles up every week, ask about a regular pick-up.

Scrap cable prices in Brisbane: what your cable is worth

We price cable on the metal inside it and on its weight. Cable made for heavy power applications carries a lot of copper for its weight, while thin data cable is mostly plastic. Aluminium conductors grade below copper. Plugs, lugs and steel armour add weight but little value. Copper prices change daily, so we quote today's price when your photos come in.

To get more for your cable:

• Keep copper cable, aluminium cable and data cable in separate bags.
• Snip off plugs and lugs if you have a spare minute.
• Coil or bundle long runs so they are easy to load.
• Never burn off the insulation.

Who sells us scrap cable

Electricians end up with offcuts, drum ends and old cable from rewires and switchboard upgrades. Data, security and solar installers have leftover runs and pulled-out cable. Builders and demolition crews strip cable from buildings before a refit or a knock-down. Factories, workshops and other facilities replace power and control cable on machines.

Our tradies page covers electricians and installers. We also collect from demolition and site clearance jobs and from manufacturing and workshops.

Copper cable recycling in Brisbane

Recyclers chop scrap cable into small pieces and separate the copper from the plastic. Mills then melt the clean copper and draw it into new wire. The International Copper Association reported in 2017 that about 32% of the copper used each year came from recycled sources. Every bag of offcuts you sell adds to that, and it cuts the need to mine new copper. For an electrical business, cable that used to go in the skip becomes income, and it stays out of landfill.

Scrap cable pick-up from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast

We collect cable from job sites, depots and workshops from the Sunshine Coast to the Gold Coast. Bags of offcuts can go on the same pick-up as your copper, steel and old motors. The process takes three steps: photos of the cut ends, a quote, then the pick-up. If cable piles up every week, ask about a regular pick-up. See scrap metal pick-up for how it works.