Nexans is launching a unique cable recycling and recovery service in France and Europe: CABLELOOP

At a time when demand for electricity is set to increase by 35% by 2050, and the world is heading for a risk of shortages of raw materials – including copper, Nexans is strengthening its key role as a player in the circular economy to speed up the energy and climate transition.

By actively investing in the recycling of non-ferrous metals, Nexans is promoting the creation of a sustainable cycle geared towards decarbonized energy: extended life cycles, reuse and recycling will contribute to a circular economy, reducing the use of virgin resources and lowering the carbon footprint created by the electrification of our activities.

Nexans already recycles over 40,000 metric tons of its own production waste every year. In Europe, this cable sorting and recovery process is partly carried out through the RecyCâbles joint venture created with Suez in Noyelles-Godault (northwestern France). As well as guaranteeing product traceability, local processing avoids the need to export large quantities of waste from France.

End-to-end recovery of cable for clients and partners
With 60 years' experience in recycling cable waste, Nexans is stepping up its circular economy strategy and is launching CableLoop, a unique recycling and recovery service for cable offcuts.

Nexans buys used cables – end of construction site electrical wires or obsolete industrial cables, and transforms them into valuable, infinitely reusable resources for its partners, customers, suppliers and the cable industry.

Two versions of the service are available:

With these new recycling loops, Nexans aims to collect more than 800 metric tons of used cables by 2025 and to expand this circular model by developing waste collection and recovery from the industrial ecosystem and from its electrical equipment installation and distribution partners in France and Europe[1]. Nexans will offer tailor-made logistics solutions and simplified, autonomous waste management on a 24-hour web platform together with traceability of the entire chain of operations.

Partnerships to promote the circular economy
Nexans is also a founding member of Valobat, an eco-organization made up of nearly 50 leading Building Products and Materials (BPM) manufacturing companies, committed to the management of construction sector waste and now in the circular economy. Nexans also works with suppliers committed to producing, among other things, low-carbon PE/PVC and aluminum made from recycled raw materials or using decarbonized energy.



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