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Introducing: Boy Wasted

Dan Ashby | Lucy Taylor
October 24, 2025

This week on Living Planet, we're sharing Boy Wasted - a gripping three-part environmental true crime series by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor and co-produced by Adnan Khan. It begins with a shocking find: a boy's body hidden in a bale of recycled plastic in Turkey, leading to a dangerous, cross-border investigation into a global recycling scandal.

https://p.dw.com/p/52PTM

Produced by ENDS Report, Journalismfund Europe, and De Groene Amsterdammer. 

Episode 1 - The Body. Who was the boy, and could his death be linked to Britain?

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