{"id":5580,"date":"2026-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-gz-media-complete-recycled-vinyl-pilot-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T00:00:00","slug":"warner-music-gz-media-complete-recycled-vinyl-pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-gz-media-complete-recycled-vinyl-pilot-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music, GZ Media Complete Recycled Vinyl Pilot Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Warner Music, GZ Media Pilot Recycled Vinyl Testing<\/h2>\n<p>Warner Music Group and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GZ_Media\">GZ Media<\/a>, a vinyl record pressing plant based in the Czech Republic, have concluded a pilot program demonstrating that previously manufactured, unsold records can be reprocessed and used in new vinyl pressings without diminishing audio quality.<\/p>\n<p>Ten thousand unsold records from a variety of artists, titles, and pressing plants were processed by being shredded.<\/p>\n<p>New record pressings were then created using recycled content in proportions ranging from 10% to 100%.<\/p>\n<p>Evaluations to assess audio quality were conducted in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abbey_Road_Studios\">Abbey Road Studios<\/a>. 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What impressed me was how consistent the pressings were across the different material blends, showing that sustainability and sound quality do not have to be at odds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vladim\u00edr V\u00ed\u0161ek, Head of Sustainability at GZ, said, \u201cSustainability and quality must go hand in hand. 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