Quote Originally Posted by kss View Post
Sounds like a great idea, assuming you can get people to use the platform, it could be a good and profitable idea. I am a software engineer as my day job, and have been trying to think of a way to intertwine my day job with my scrapping hobby, but never came up with anything I thought would work out well. So I'd be interested in following if your platform gets off the ground! Good luck!

Even though wires may seem like a tiny slice of the scrapping world, there is tons and tons of variables and details that will decide the best and most profitable way for you to handle them such as

wire type (copper wire, computer wire, usb wires, cat5 wire, etc etc, there is tons of types of wire/cable)
wire insulation amount
insulation to metal material ratio/reclamation amounts
wire gauge
wire material (copper, alum, fiber, other, etc)
stranded or solid
etc etc



Thats just for what the wires your get are then there is HOW much of each you can get, what buyers you can find, if you want to strip/granulate/process them yourself or sell as you get them.... logistics (of getting the wires from everyone on the platform + getting them to a seller).... lots and lots to think about. Good luck!

We'll be sure to keep you updated with any significant progress.

You've hit the nail on the head, it's fascinating how in depth you can go with cables. I've been digging into the variables you listed over the past couple of weeks actually, there's such differentiation with the cables out there. Even once you've got the variables on lock down, we then have to consider the granulation and selling process. Lots to learn! We're tempted to start off by finding a company with a granulator and pay them a fee to granulate the cables we collect. That way we'll be able to concentrate on getting the platform right and increasing the collection quantities before committing to a huge financial burden of having our own machine.