Episode

Houston, we have a plastic problem!

Podcast: Living Planet
Published: Mar 20, 2026
Duration seconds: 1758
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Summary

Chemical recycling promises to transform plastic waste, and Houston is at the center of this big experiment in the US. While industry touts it as a breakthrough, activists are finding that much of the plastic doesn't get recycled after all. Is Houston leading the way to real change - or revealing the limits of the latest recycling fad?