Name: 黑膠唱片有一個亟待解決的問題--有毒化學物質和高碳足跡 (Vinyl records have a pressing problem — toxic chemicals and a high carbon footprint)
Uploaded: 2025-08-10T18:28:06.000Z
Duration: 5 min 37 s

The 12-inch LP has made the ultimate comeback, with sales in the UK alone continuing to grow year on year.

12 英寸 LP 唱片捲土重來，僅在英國的銷量就逐年增長。

程度副詞

One of those benefiting from this growth is Barry Hurley, who runs Package Sounds, a pressing plant just outside London.

巴里-赫爾利（Barry Hurley）是這一增長的受益者之一，他經營著一家位於倫敦郊外的衝壓工廠 "包裝之聲"（Package Sounds）。

情態副詞

Vinyl had a heyday back in the 1980s, early 90s, then it basically declined quite dramatically and then started coming back slowly in the 2000s.

黑膠唱片在 20 世紀 80 年代和 90 年代初曾有過鼎盛時期，後來基本上急劇下降，到 2000 年代才開始緩慢回升。

At this point, something in the region of about 6.7 million records were sold in the UK last year, and it continues to grow.

目前，英國去年的唱片銷量約為 670 萬張，而且還在繼續增長。

So we see that vinyl by 2030 will be a $1.5 billion industry worldwide, and that's really exciting in terms of where we are today.

是以，我們認為，到 2030 年，乙烯基將成為全球價值 15 億美元的產業，這與我們今天所處的位置相比，著實令人興奮。

So there's still significant headroom in the market.

是以，市場仍有很大的發展空間。

The format itself has not changed too dramatically, except for the addition of lots of different colours and special effects vinyl, which we specialise in, and really just pushing the boundaries constantly.

格式本身並沒有太大變化，只是增加了許多不同的顏色和特效乙烯基，這也是我們的專長，實際上就是在不斷突破界限。

With vinyl's popularity surging, Mark Carey, CEO of Evolution Music, identified an opportunity to make the space more environmentally friendly.

隨著黑膠唱片的流行，Evolution Music 公司首席執行官馬克-凱里（Mark Carey）發現了一個讓空間更加環保的機會。

PVC is one of the materials that's used currently in pressing vinyl LPs, and 7-inches as well.

PVC 是目前用於壓制黑膠唱片和 7 英寸唱片的材料之一。

It's known in its manufacturing process to be quite toxic, and so this is one of the reasons we wanted to find a replacement for it.

眾所周知，它在生產過程中會產生劇毒，是以這也是我們希望找到一種替代品的原因之一。

We were thinking, could we create something that was 100% organic?

我們在想，能不能創造出 100% 的有機產品？

So we looked at what's called a PLA, which is a plant-based bioplastic compound or polymer, and then we've worked with our supply chain partners, with academic partners, to create a compound that's 100% organic.

是以，我們研究了所謂的 PLA，這是一種基於植物的生物塑膠化合物或聚合物，然後我們與供應鏈夥伴和學術夥伴合作，創造了一種 100% 有機的化合物。

At the moment, we're about 98% of the way there.

目前，我們已經完成了大約 98%。

We take waste from a sugar cane, that's then processed into a polymer or a PLA, that's then mixed with organic fillers and what we call a master batch, an organic master batch, and then you end up with tiny little pellets.

我們從甘蔗中提取廢料，然後將其加工成聚合物或聚乳酸，再與有機填料和我們所說的母料（有機母料）混合，最後製成小顆粒。

This has obviously a much lower carbon footprint, but it's plant-based, it's not oil-based or fossil fuel-based.

這顯然碳足跡要小得多，但它以植物為基礎，而不是以石油或化石燃料為基礎。

As part of the R&D process for the material, which is called EvoVinyl, Mark needed the support of a pressing plant.

作為這種名為 EvoVinyl 的材料研發過程的一部分，馬克需要一家衝壓工廠的支持。

We were super keen to get involved because we have a history of trying to progress sustainability and trying to always find a much better solution for the environment where we can, be that we were trying to remove shrink wrap or offer alternatives to shrink wrap.

我們非常熱衷於參與其中，因為我們一直在努力推動可持續發展，並在力所能及的範圍內為環境找到更好的解決方案，無論是去除收縮包裝還是提供收縮包裝的替代品。

So a new vinyl solution that was better for the planet completely made sense.

是以，一種對地球更有益的新型乙烯基解決方案就完全合情合理了。

We have to become more sustainable and our footprint on this planet has to become more sustainable.

我們必須變得更加可持續，我們在這個星球上的足跡也必須變得更加可持續。

No industry gets out of that, and vinyl pressing shouldn't expect to either, so we should be held to account on the same terms.

沒有哪個行業能擺脫這種情況，黑膠壓制行業也不應該指望擺脫這種情況，是以我們應該在同樣的條件下承擔責任。

So it's really important that we try and find an alternative to PVC if we can, and doing that from a plant-based approach, it makes complete sense.

是以，如果可以的話，我們應該嘗試找到一種 PVC 的替代品，這一點非常重要，而從以植物為基礎的方法來看，這樣做是完全合理的。

It was essential that the new material works with existing infrastructures.

新材料必須與現有基礎設施配合使用。

This is a lathe that is 40-plus years old that has been repurposed and upgraded with modern electronics.

這是一臺有 40 多年曆史的車床，經過重新利用，並配備了現代電子設備。

So what this machine does, it basically enables us to take the music from the WAV files that we receive from the label or the artist, and we then basically cut via this head into the lacquer, and what we will arrive at is a mother.

是以，這臺機器的作用，基本上是讓我們從唱片公司或藝術家那裡獲得 WAV 文件中的音樂，然後通過這個切割頭切割到漆面上，最後得到一個母版。

So once we've made this mother, we then actually go and produce some stampers from that.

是以，一旦我們製作了這個母版，我們就會根據母版製作一些印章。

These stampers are inserted into the machine, basically on the top and the bottom.

這些燙印機基本上是在頂部和底部插入機器的。

You can see the music is in the grooves on the stamper, and then as part of the manufacturing process, the cake of the PVC is put in the middle, and then about 100 tonnes of pressure is applied to that, and that's how we get the music to transfer from the stamper to the PVC through the process of heating and cooling of the PVC itself.

你可以看到，音樂就在定音器上的凹槽裡，然後作為製造過程的一部分，PVC 的蛋糕被放在中間，然後在上面施加大約 100 噸的壓力，這就是我們如何通過 PVC 本身的加熱和冷卻過程將音樂從定音器轉移到 PVC 上的。

今天，馬克和巴里正在進行試壓。

我們現在在壓榨工廠中的房間。

Here we have two semi-automatic pressers and one automatic press, and today we have Evo Vinyl being pressed, and this is, some might say, where the magic happens.

這裡有兩臺半自動壓機和一臺自動壓機，今天我們正在壓制 Evo 乙烯基，有人可能會說，這就是魔術發生的地方。

Evolution Music says trials have shown that pressing on Evo Vinyl material requires 15% less energy than PVC.

Evolution Music 公司稱，試驗表明，使用 Evo Vinyl 材料進行壓制所需的能源比使用 PVC 材料少 15%。

The bioplastic is actually a great carrier of the music.

實際上，生物塑膠是音樂的絕佳載體。

With any of those kind of LPs, the more you play it, the more you're going to wear down the grooves.

對於這類唱片，你放得越多，就越容易磨損唱片槽。

But in a normal environment, it's not going to break down over a period of time.

但在正常環境下，它不會在一段時間內壞掉。

Over the last two years, we've been building a backlog of interest of orders from pressing plants, labels, artists.

在過去的兩年裡，我們積壓了大量來自壓榨廠、唱片公司和藝術家的訂單。

The work we've been doing is proof-of-concept projects, really.

我們一直在做的工作其實是概念驗證項目。

So we've worked with Brian Eno, we've worked with Michael Stite, we did a Coldplay project recently, we did a Camille Carbeo project.

是以，我們與布萊恩-埃諾（Brian Eno）合作過，與邁克爾-斯蒂特（Michael Stite）合作過，最近還做了一個酷玩樂隊的項目，做了一個卡米爾-卡貝歐（Camille Carbeo）的項目。

So more proof-of-concept projects until we're 100% confident, probably within the next six to eight weeks, and then launch that with some of those partners that we know.

是以，我們將開展更多的概念驗證項目，直到我們有百分之百的信心，大概在未來六到八週內，然後與我們認識的一些合作伙伴一起推出。

Probably independent labels to start with, independent artists, because scaling up could be a challenge.

一開始可能是獨立標籤，獨立藝術家，因為擴大規模可能是一個挑戰。

But the major labels and artists are interested as well.

但大型唱片公司和藝術家也對此感興趣。

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是以，一旦我們有信心做到這一點，我們就可以開始組建團隊，適當擴大規模。  贊助商