That said, Keele did point out that vinyl is more sustainable than streaming in terms of energy usage if the record is listened to "repeatedly", which the university defines very precisely as being more than 27 times.

Manufacturers are also bending over backwards to make vinyl records more sustainable. Examples include using eco-friendly biovinyl instead of PVC, grinding discarded records into pellets to make new ones (pictured), repurposing ocean plastic waste to manufacture discs, and reducing the weight of each record.

So whether it's music to your ears or not, it certainly sounds as if everything is being done to ensure vinyl is back for good.

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