"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Iain Churches" wrote

Yes. There is no CD recycling -

I was listening to an item on Radio 4 a year ago or so about a CD
recycling facility which had been set up, though apparently it couldn't
cope with DVDs

They talk about "shredding" although the "sharding" is a better term.

I wonder to what extent people putting "the rest back in the vat" was
responsible for the shockingly poor quality of LPs in the 70s and 80s?


The percentage of recycled vinyl had to be strictly controlled,
as the mix turned greyish, and the noise floor was affected.
It's use was mainly for budget pressings also produced
with a much faster pressing cycle. I have always assumed
this to be because each pressman was expected to turn
out a certain amount of product (in monetary terms) per
shift.

I was told at the weekend that CD manufacturing
capacity is now almost three times the level of demand,
and plants are having to cut prices to secure work
(these price cuts are probably not passed on to
the consumer) Also, a CD plant in the Czech
Republic has bought and reconditioned two Alpha
record presses from the UK, in addition to the two
SMCs it aready has working 24/7, to help meet
the increasing demand for vinyl in Europe.

Many expected vinyl to have disappeared totally
by the end of the1980s, at the very latest:-)

Iain