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Plastic waste is perhaps not the first thing you think of when you put a new cold player down on the turntable. But that is exactly what changes now: Coldplay remain true to your sustainable line – and bring out almost your complete discography again. This time, however, not on classic vinyl, but on a new material: recycled plastic.
In the future, the new LPs will consist of so -called RPET – i.e. recycled polyethylene errephthalat, the fabric from which most plastic bottles consist of. The whole thing is called Ecorecord-and not only looks chic (transparent 140g LPS!), But, according to the manufacturer, also saves around 85 percent CO₂ compared to the conventional press. On average, an LP consists of nine recycled bottles – with everything that belongs: cleaning, shredding, melting, pressing.
Coldplay already known for your environmental awareness
Coldplay are not only pioneers, but also repeat offenders. They already used RPET format for their current album Moon Music (2024)-as the first volume worldwide. Now the classics follow: “Parachutes”, “A Rush of Blood to the Head”, “X & Y”, “Viva La Vida”, “Mylo Xyloto”, “Ghost Stories”, “A Head Full of Dreams”, “Everyday Life” and “Music of the Spheres” – All nine albums appear new to Ecorecord and can already be pre -ordered become.
The step does not look like a PR stunt, but like the logical continuation of a path that Coldplay has been going for a long time: a mixture of environmental awareness, enthusiasm for technology and fan binding. Your currently running “Music of the Spheres” tour is a sustainability project in itself: energy-strong stages, kinetic floors, bicycles that generate electricity-and all of this in one of the most successful live formats in music history. Almost 9 million tickets sold and almost one billion sales.
“When we announced the ‘Music of the Spheres Tour’ for the first time in 2021, we promised to reduce our direct carbon emissions (from show production, freight, band and crew trips) by at least 50 percent,” wrote the band in a statement. “We are pleased to be able to report that the direct CO₂ emissions of the first two years of this tour have dropped by 59 percent compared to our last stadium tour (2016-17).”
What remains is a picture: the first volume that puts millions of plastic bottles – and leaves a pretty good conscience.