Citation for virgin vs recycled vinyl claims The article states Since most vinyl records contain up to 30 recycled vinyl impurities can accumulate in the record and cause even a brand new record to have audio artifacts such as clicks and pops But I don t see a citation It certainly sounds plausible and I ve had many people tell me that virgin vinyl is better but I have yet to find a substantiated claim as to why It seems all opinion based at this time Is there a reason recycled would have more impurities than virgin as far as I know recycled plastics are cleaned of impurities just as virgin plastics are