Recycling records into eco-friendly gifts

The beat goes on with Vinylux recycled vinyl products

While most people traded in their record collection for CDs long ago, vinyl retains a place in the heart of many music lovers. One company, Vinylux, has decided to save old vinyl records from landfill by recycling them into stylish gifts and home wares. Vinylux products take old records (LPs and 45s) and rework them into new designs. Over the past five years, the company has taken over 400,000 records and used them to make eco-friendly goods, stoping around 120,000 pounds of plastic and cardboard from going to landfill. As well as reusing the vinyl in its products, Vinylux sends all its off-cuts from the production process to recyclers, and any covers it cannot use are collected for paper recycling. The company also has a strong eco-policy, using post-consumer materials wherever possible, non-toxic printing inks and minimal packaging.  Vinylux’s range of gifts include a vintage vinyl bowl, vintage vinyl snack tray, vintage vinyl coasters, vinyl clock and photo frame. Each has the record label clearly visible, making every one of them a unique and interesting, eco-friendly gift – perfect for the music lover in your life! Vinylux also recycles old album covers into stylish notebooks, available in large and medium sizes. If the idea of your favourite record being turned into a decoration feels like desecration, don’t worry – the company assures customers that only records that are no longer playable are used in the production process, stating ‘No music was harmed in the making of this product’!

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