Persevering with their sustainability mission, Coldplay are re-releasing all of their albums as clear 140g EcoRecords created from recycled plastic bottles, produced utilizing injection-molding expertise which reduces carbon emissions throughout manufacture by a formidable 85% in contrast with conventional vinyl manufacturing.
An EcoRecord sounds and appears as nice as a standard vinyl file, nevertheless it has been manufactured utilizing 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a light-weight and sturdy materials that’s simply recyclable and designed for a round financial system, considerably contributing to lowered transport emissions and end-of-life environmental impression.
Every 140g injection-molded LP is created from, on common, 9 recycled PET plastic bottles. These bottles are recovered from customers as a part of a course of generally known as post-consumer recycling (PCR), the place they’re cleaned, processed into small pellets after which molded into new objects. Whereas EcoRecords might be made utilizing both virgin PET or recycled PET (rPET), Coldplay has chosen to make use of solely rPET for all their EcoRecord merchandise.
This pioneering transfer follows the profitable launch of the band’s tenth album, Moon Music, final yr, which was already launched on 100% recycled PET EcoRecords, the world’s first album launched as a 140g EcoRecord rPET LP. Coldplay continues to steer the cost in making music extra sustainable, constructing on efforts akin to slicing the carbon footprint of their Music Of The Spheres World Tour by 59% so far.
Jen Ivory, Managing Director, Parlophone, says: “We’re extremely proud to associate with artists akin to Coldplay who share our dedication to a extra sustainable future for music. The shift to EcoRecord LP for his or her releases is a testomony to what’s doable when innovation meets intention. It’s not nearly a brand new product; it’s about pioneering manufacturing that considerably reduces environmental impression, offering followers with the identical high-quality audio expertise whereas setting a brand new normal for bodily music manufacturing.”
Pre-orders can be found from in the present day, with the official launch of all EcoRecords deliberate for fifteenth August.
Albums being launched on EcoRecord:
- Parachutes
- A Rush of Blood to the Head
- X&Y
- Viva la Vida or Demise and All His Buddies
- Mylo Xyloto
- Ghost Tales
- A Head Full Of Desires
- On a regular basis Life
- Music Of The Spheres