Copper Cable Removal
Let us help you extract, recycle, and monetize your underutilized copper cable.
Investment Recovery for Telecom Companies
Green Planet 21 is the North American leader in the recovery and recycling of copper cable. In addition to copper cable removal, we offer a wide array of copper plant network engineering and decommissioning services.
How It Works
We’ve helped some of the world's largest telecom companies and government agencies monetize their underutilized copper cable. Here's our process.
Planning
We conduct strategic and tactical planning to identify target cables that are ready for extraction.
Audit
Our team carefully audit unused lines, making sure there are no active circuits. We perform physical cable audits in the central office and field to verify records.
Cable Extraction
We systematically cut and remove cleared cables using specialized equipment designed for 100% safety to the network. Our trucks are designed to extract the cable and cut them into 9” inch sticks, which we ship to our facility to be recycled.
Recycling & Monetization
We use specialized techniques to process and sell the copper into the global metals markets at COMEX prices. Because we repurpose the copper, poly, and lead, the cable is 100% recycled.
Why Decommission Copper Networks?
Reclaimed cable pathways for new fiber installations
Reduced network maintenance costs, lower dispatch rates, reduced air pressure costs
Improved QoS when customer services are rolled to better-quality circuit pathways
Boost to ESG goals through the proactive recycling of outdated copper
Cable Removal Benefits
In addition to reducing maintenance and tax costs, removing copper cable is a great way to gain a new revenue and add to sustainability goals.
Boost to ESG goals
Each ton of copper recycled displaces 2.8 tons of CO2 that would usually be emitted from open-pit mining and smelting.
New Revenue
Depending on the amount of copper extracted, the program is often a source of revenue that can be used for other network updates and projects.
Cleared Duct Space
Proactively clearing pathways of abandoned-in-place cable clears out the duct-space, allowing it to be reused for future fiber installations.
