{"podcast":{"title":"Living Planet","slug":"living-planet-429845","podcast_index_feed_id":429845,"rss_url":"https://rss.dw.com/xml/podcast_living-planet","website_url":"https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet/program-19028671?maca=en-podcast_living-planet-948-xml-mrss","image_url":"https://static.dw.com/image/77201058_7.jpg","author":"DW","episode_count":100,"summary":"Looking to reconnect with nature? Want to make better decisions for the health of the planet? Every Friday, Living Planet brings you the stories, facts and debates on the key environmental issues of our time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T18:21:35.763802+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-planet-429845"},"episode":{"title":"Europe’s chemical recycling gamble","slug":"europe-s-chemical-recycling-gamble","published_at":"2026-05-29T09:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-planet-429845/europe-s-chemical-recycling-gamble","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-planet-429845","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/europe-s-chemical-recycling-gamble/audio-77317307?maca=en-podcast_living-planet-948-xml-mrss","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/radiodownloaddw-a.akamaihd.net/Events/podcasts/en/948_podcast_living-planet/EF5B1932-podcast-948-77317307.mp3","summary":"A new generation of chemical recycling plants promises to turn hard-to-recycle plastics back into new packaging and keep waste out of landfills and incinerators. But as Europe pours millions into the technology, critics are questioning whether it can really deliver on those promises. This investigation examines the gap between the industry’s recycling claims and the reality on the ground.","meta_description":"A new generation of chemical recycling plants promises to turn hard-to-recycle plastics back into new packaging and keep waste out of landfills and incine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1720,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-planet-429845/episodes/europe-s-chemical-recycling-gamble/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-planet-429845/europe-s-chemical-recycling-gamble.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}