Modern landfills do negatively impact the environment, but mainly because of the decomposable products releasing greenhouse gasses. Landfills aren’t necessarily as bad as you might assume for vinyl records. You might feel bad about that, but landfills have the stigma of bad for the environment associated with them. Throwing your vinyl records in the trash can will likely result to them being dumped on a landfill. You can still recycle the cardboard sleeves if you feel guilty about not recycling your vinyl. If you haven’t been able to find any vinyl record recyclers or people that want them either, then it’s probably time to just throw your vinyl records in the trash, and that’s okay.
So then the final option is record disposal. But I can image you don’t have the time or energy for this. That same article also covers some alternatives to recycling, like upcycling and reselling.
The conclusion of that article was pretty much that it’s technically hard to recycle vinyl records and that you’ll have a very hard time finding a recycler that’s willing to take your vinyl record waste and do anything useful with it. If you’re interested in the details, check it out here. I’ve written another article that goes into whether or not vinyl records are recyclable. This article will focus on disposing of the unwanted and worthless vinyl.
Unless it’s some very rare record, but those are easy to sell on Discogs for example. If an LP has degraded to a point that it’s no longer usable barely anyone would spend any money on it. Preferably you’d sell them or gift them someone close to you. Eventually you’ll find yourself with vinyl records that you need to get rid of.
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