• xradeon@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      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.

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        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.

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        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.