{
  "id": 2384580,
  "title": "Recycling food waste has a huge climate upside and a surprising downside.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/recycling-food-waste-has-a-huge-climate-upside-and-a-surprising",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Anthropocene Magazine",
    "slug": "anthropocene-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/recycling-food-waste-has-a-huge-climate-upside-and-a-surprising-downside/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A study of American composting and biogas schemes finds a climate win is shadowed by a microplastics problem. The clue is what food is wrapped in.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}