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PVC to RVC: Record labels and partners press play on Recycled Vinyl Campaign
— By Andru Shively —
 Vinyl production is reportedly record labels’ biggest source of waste and carbon emissions (Photo: Pexels/Tom Fisk) |
Coinciding with the upcoming World Environment Day on 5 June, a consortium of independent record labels has joined climate-action nonprofit Music Declares Emergency and the Music Climate Pact initiative to launch the Recycled Vinyl Campaign.
Aiming to promote more eco-friendly practices in vinyl production across the music industry, Secretly Group, Exceleration Music, Warp Records, Ninja Tune, and Beggars Group are among the labels with plans to kickstart the new campaign with the release of special edition albums pressed on 100% recycled vinyl (PVC).
Including such artists as Bonobo, Bon Iver, Elliott Smith, Dinosaur Jr, Chuck Prophet, and Black Country, New Road, the circular albums are to appear on shelves in the US, Canada, and the UK from 5 June, while also available direct-to-consumer.
Related: It’s finyl: Coldplay’s new album to play on recycled plastics
The reclaimed vinyl reportedly comes from manufacturing scrap, discards and rejects, or unsold stock, which not only repurposes the would-be waste, but also reduces production-related carbon emissions. Good thing, too, because, in the words of Music Declares Emergency, there’s “No Music on a Dead Planet”.
Aiming to promote more eco-friendly practices in vinyl production across the music industry, Secretly Group, Exceleration Music, Warp Records, Ninja Tune, and Beggars Group are among the labels with plans to kickstart the new campaign with the release of special edition albums pressed on 100% recycled vinyl (PVC).
Including such artists as Bonobo, Bon Iver, Elliott Smith, Dinosaur Jr, Chuck Prophet, and Black Country, New Road, the circular albums are to appear on shelves in the US, Canada, and the UK from 5 June, while also available direct-to-consumer.
Related: It’s finyl: Coldplay’s new album to play on recycled plastics
The reclaimed vinyl reportedly comes from manufacturing scrap, discards and rejects, or unsold stock, which not only repurposes the would-be waste, but also reduces production-related carbon emissions. Good thing, too, because, in the words of Music Declares Emergency, there’s “No Music on a Dead Planet”.
29.05.2026 Plasteurope.com [260351-0]
Published on 29.05.2026