Photo: Symcon Group
Photo: Symcon Group

We all love our vinyl, even if some of us aren’t diehard turntablists. Despite the fact that digital technology has made turntables and vinyl records obsolete, many of us insist on buying turntables and vinyl records … even if it’s just for personal enjoyment. I reported recently that sales of vinyl have reached the highest levels in a very long time.

There are two main problems with vinyl, though. First, it’s expensive to make, especially if you compare that cost to uploading and downloading music digitally. Second, vinyl doesn’t decompose. Eventually, that collection of yours is going to have to be tossed out. Records will break or become otherwise useless.

At the other end of the process – the beginning, actually. Creating vinyl uses a whole lot of energy. Symcon, a Dutch company, has created a new injection-moulding method to make records that have two benefits. First, the records cost less to produce, and second, the process uses less energy.

Check it out below: