{
  "id": 10471078,
  "title": "SPONSORED EPISODE: What is polyester worth?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/sponsored-episode-what-is-polyester-worth",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/podcast/brussels-playbook-podcast/sponsored-episode-what-is-polyester-worth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As ultra-fast fashion has gotten cheaper, textiles have become disposable to many Europeans. The average EU consumer purchased 95 articles of textiles last year — an increase of 12 percent since 2019. Europe now discards about 9 million tons of polyester textiles annually. That’s the weight of roughly 900 Eiffel Towers. Those unwanted clothes could […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}