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Thing, of course, what happens is you get a call, like, "hey, can you press with the plastic from the ocean?" it's always difficult to explain to some people that we can use whatever to make things greener, while you want to keep the quality of the product as it is now — and that's impossible. impossible? well, one company, not far away, in eindhoven, diagrees. i'm harm theunisse from green vinyl records. harm theunisse has plowed everything into developing and patenting a new robotic pressing machine. we have already succeeded in making environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc,...

I've come to amsterdam to see how vinyl�*s made and perhaps buy a few records along the way. amsterdam is home to one of the largest vinyl presses in the world, with millions being made here each year. the process to make one of these albums has been the same for at least 40 years. first, the master disc is made of metal and converted into a stamper. then pvc pellets are loaded into the machine, melted, and pressed into the mould. but according to greenpeace, pvc is the most environmentally damaging of all the plastics. do you think about the environmental impact? a couple of years ago, in t...

Into a stamper. then pvc pellets are loaded into the machine, melted, and pressed into the mould. but according to greenpeace, pvc is the most environmentally damaging of all the plastics. do you think about the environmental impact? a couple of years ago, in the news it was that they found a lot of plastic in the oceans, so the first thing, of course, what happens is you get a call, like "hey, can you press with the plastic from the ocean?" it's always difficult to explain to some people that we can use whatever to make things greener, while you want to keep the quality of the product as it i...

And patenting a new robotic pressing machine. we have already succeeded in making environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc, we're using 90% less energy, we don't have the label with the paper — it's a printed label. so here, what's happening now? i am moving the whole injection unit forward into position so we can start injecting the plastic against my negatives. and every 20 seconds there's a record coming out of this press. this is so cool. after the record is moulded, this robot takes over the rest, removing it from the machine, cooling the record, printing the label, and pre...

We are trying to produce environmentally friendly vinyl records. we use no pvc, we're using 90% less energy, which is really measured. we don't have the label with the paper — it's a printed label. ok, so what's happening now? i'm moving the whole injection unit forward to the position that we can start injecting the plastic against my negatives. and then, every 20 seconds, there's a record coming out of the press. it uses less energy than typical vinyl production, and avoids using pvc — instead substituting it with pet, a safer form of plastic that can be recycled. so, hot off the press, ...