Springwise: Change the Record: Biomass Plastic in Vinyls
Spotted: Vinyl is back – nearly 50 million vinyl records were sold in the US in 2023, a 14 per cent increase on the previous year. Drawn by the warmer, more authentic sound and depth that can only be experienced with vinyl, audiophiles are moving back to records. While this may be good news for the record industry, it is bad news for sustainability as vinyls are made from virgin PVC plastic.
Although global production of records only accounts for around 30,000 tonnes of PVC each year, startup Evolution Music argues that this number could just as easily be zero. The company has developed Evovinyl, a material made from sugarcane that can be used to replace PVC in the manufacture of vinyl records.
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