Tess Colley

Find our Boy Wasted series on @endsreport.com's Eco Chamber feed, wherever you get your podcasts.

With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social, @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social. With support from @journalismfund.bsky.social.

Inside Europe – DW A weekly deep dive into the twists and turns of European current affairs, politics and culture, brought to you by Germany’s international broadcaster.

Catch Adnan Khan & me speaking to @katelaycock.bsky.social from Deutsche Welle's Inside Europe podcast about Boy Wasted - our podcast telling the story of a body found in a bale of plastic in Turkey - and what it has to do with us in western Europe.

At 31 mins 👇
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Inside Europe – DW A weekly deep dive into the twists and turns of European current affairs, politics and culture, brought to you by Germany’s international broadcaster.

Great to hear @tesscolley.bsky.social and Adnan Khan discuss the findings of our podcast Boy Wasted on Inside Europe (31 mins in!)

"9 million containers pass through British ports every year and there are five Environment Agency officers in England checking them"

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ENDS investigation shows plastic waste is a ‘public health emergency’, Labour conference hears <strong>Labour Party Conference:</strong> The government must reframe the problem of plastic waste as a public health emergency rather than just an environmental one, the co-executive director of Gree...

Was delighted to join a panel Labour Party conference this week to talk about ENDS' true crime investigation - Boy Wasted.

The audience heard how our findings showed that plastic waste is a ‘public health emergency’ - not just an environmental one 👇

www.endsreport.com/article/1933...

I’m back from Labour conference with a new understanding of its approach on nature and building – you may not like it An ex-No.10 advisor told me Labour’s anti-nature talk was just ‘grit in the oyster’ – could a ‘Nature Bill’ be Starmer’s pearl?

Read my comment piece on what I saw at this year's Liverpudlian jambouree, and what it has to say about Labour's thinking on 'nature v housing'..

@endsreport.com

www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

‘Houses should never have been built’ near Blackpool PFAS factory, MP says <strong>Labour Party Conference:</strong> ‘Houses should never have been built’ near a chemicals factory in Blackpool that is currently at the centre of a contaminated land investigation, the constitu...

Labour Conference: ‘Houses should never have been built’ near the AGC chemicals factory in Blackpool the constituency MP told delegates

The factory is currently at the centre of a contaminated land investigation in relation to PFAS pollution

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A new planning bill would likely be a ‘Nature Bill’, says former No.10 advisor <strong>Labour Party Conference:</strong> If the government brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a “Nature Bill” to replace the Habitats Regulations and EU-derived nature protecti...

If govt brings forward a new planning bill it will most likely be a 'Nature Bill' to replace EU-derived nature protections, a former No.10 advisor on housing told me at Lab Party Conference 👇

Gov says 'just speculation', but that's not the feeling on the ground..
www.endsreport.com/article/1934...

A mix of No Farmers No Food and anti-digital ID protestors - mostly all with the same Farmers to Action branded placards - plus lots of England and Union Jack flags thrown in, outside the opening day of Labour Party Conference yesterday

This is today!

If you’re at Labour Conference come and join us at 2pm 👇

solidaritycafe.com Solidarity Café is run by Barry Gardiner MP, as a pop-up Labour Party Conference FRINGE event on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September 2025 between 12noon and 4pm each day.

At the Labour Party Conference @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP is convening a panel I'll be speaking on to discuss the findings of Boy Wasted, and the tonnes of plastic we in the UK export abroad.

2pm at Solidarity Cafe in the Staybridge Suites on 28th Sept

Come join!
www.solidaritycafe.com

The panel at 2pm on 28 Sept at the Staybridge Suites features:

Chair: @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP
@lucytaylorpro.bsky.social - Producer @Smoketrail
@willmccallum.bsky.social - Greenpeace UK
Dan Cooke - Chartered Institute of Waste Mangmnt
And me - @endsreport.com dep. editor

Boy Wasted - out now

solidaritycafe.com Solidarity Café is run by Barry Gardiner MP, as a pop-up Labour Party Conference FRINGE event on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September 2025 between 12noon and 4pm each day.

At the Labour Party Conference @barrygardiner.bsky.social MP is convening a panel I'll be speaking on to discuss the findings of Boy Wasted, and the tonnes of plastic we in the UK export abroad.

2pm at Solidarity Cafe in the Staybridge Suites on 28th Sept

Come join!
www.solidaritycafe.com

MP to start campaign ‘for real change’ at Labour Party conference in wake of ENDS waste investigation An MP who sits on the Environmental Audit Committee is seeking to start a campaign “for real change” in the wake of a joint ENDS investigation which revealed that hundreds of boys and men have died in...

An MP is starting a campaign 'for real change' following a joint ENDS investigation revealing that 🚨 hundreds of boys & men have died 🚨 in recycling plants in Turkey – a top UK plastic export destination.

He'll launch it at Labour Party conference with a panel...

www.endsreport.com/article/1933...

🚨Are you going to Labour Party Conference?

On Sunday, ENDS' @tesscolley.bsky.social,
will be speaking on a panel at 2pm to discuss our new true crime podcast, Boy Wasted, and the issue of plastic exports, crime, and recycling.

Join her at Solidarity Cafe ⬇️

solidaritycafe.com

Reap what you sow: Lancashire's toxic town - exposed An ENDS exclusive reveals a chemical giant in the UK is still producing the banned and carcinogenic forever chemical PFOA. The company says that production of the substance is inadvertent and within r...

🚨🎧📣🎙️Listen to the EcoChamber podcast to hear @tesscolley.bsky.social and I discuss my investigation into a chemical company near Blackpool, which is producing products containing a carcinogenic & banned chemical and emitting it to air

(It's free to listen!)

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‘A broken system full of criminality and death’: the podcast lifting the lid on what happens to the UK’s rubbish Turkey’s recycling centres treat vast amounts of the UK’s waste – and rely on refugees who work in conditions so unsafe that hundreds have died. A new podcast uncovers the sinister side of what happen...

'We thought we were looking into one mysterious body..but what emerged was a whole broken system full of criminality & death'

Our Boy Wasted investigation reveals a bloody underworld at the bottom of your recycling bin.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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solidaritycafe.com Solidarity Café is run by Barry Gardiner MP, as a pop-up Labour Party Conference FRINGE event on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September 2025 between 12noon and 4pm each day.

I'm looking forward to attending this event at the Labour Party Conference next week, where Lucy Taylor and @tesscolley.bsky.social
will discuss our Boy Wasted podcast.

The event will be hosted by Labour MP and Environmental Audit Committee member Barry Gardiner

www.solidaritycafe.com

LISTEN NOW > BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation There’s a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy – grotesquely ripped apart. Who was he? And what really happened to him? A team of award-winning investigati...

The UK's biggest export is waste..

..but the Environment Agency only has five full time port officers across all of England.

This and more in our new true crime podcast - Boy Wasted.

Listen to the series on @endsreport.com's Eco Chamber podcast feed now 👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

Call for ban on UK plastic waste abroad following true crime investigation Campaigners have called for the government to ban all plastic waste exports following a joint ENDS investigation that revealed hundreds of boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turke...

🚨🚨Campaigners have called on the government to ban all plastic waste exports following a joint ENDS investigation out yesterday.

It revealed hundreds of boys and men have been killed in recycling factories in Turkey - a top destination for UK waste exports👇
www.endsreport.com/article/1932...

Produced by the award-winning team behind the BBC's 'Buried' series and published by @endsreport.com & @groene.nl.

With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social @ @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social.

Please listen, and share!

What does the body of a boy found in a bale of plastic have to do with what you put in your recycling bin?

More than you might like to think.

Boy Wasted, a new true podcast that lifts the lid on the underbelly of the global plastics industry.

🎧 Wherever you get your podcasts - OUT NOW ❗

NEW: Calls for plastic exports ban as investigation reveals hundreds of boys and men killed in recycling factories in Turkey.

Boy Wasted, our three-part podcast exposes hundreds of deaths in recycling facilities. Search for it now wherever you get your podcasts.

🔴 EXCLUSIVE 🔴 The Environment Agency is allowing a chemicals factory to produce products containing a globally banned PFAS chemical – and release it to air.

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🚨 Boy Wasted, a new true crime podcast revealing a terrible truth about what we throw in our recycling bins, is *****out tomorrow*****.

You don't want to miss it - subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Next week we release something a bit special -
'Boy Wasted' - a new true crime podcast series.

This has been a massive, heart-breaking project!

Please share & subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your podcast feed.

Do you like true crime podcasts?
Do you like the environment?

Then listen to 'Boy Wasted', made by the team behind the BBC's Buried series.

It all starts with a body found in a bale of plastic. Finding out who he was takes you into the depths of plastics industry.

Subscribe to the ECO CHAMBER now

Do you like true crime podcasts?
Do you like the environment?

Then listen to 'Boy Wasted', made by the team behind the BBC's Buried series.

It all starts with a body found in a bale of plastic. Finding out who he was takes you into the depths of plastics industry.

Subscribe to the ECO CHAMBER now

Produced by the award-winning team behind the BBC's 'Buried' series and published by @endsreport.com & @groene.nl

With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social & @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social, & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social.

A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Next week we release something a bit special -
'Boy Wasted' - a new true crime podcast series.

This has been a massive, heart-breaking project!

Please share & subscribe to the Eco Chamber now to get it in your podcast feed.

A bale of plastic.
A mystery body.
A global investigation.

Boy Wasted - a new true-crime series - out next week.

Subscribe to the Eco Chamber podcast now wherever you get your podcasts to get it in your feed.