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Colin O'Byrne

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
60 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

But if we can just see what we're doing wrong, then people will go, oh, I didn't know that.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Like if I tell people, for example.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Like a pizza tray.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

People go, it's cardboard, it goes into the recycling bin.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

But if it's festooned with grease, then it doesn't go into the recycling bin.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

And most people think they're doing the right thing, but are making that mistake.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

So little bits like that where we can be gently nudged or said, actually, if you do it like this, you get better.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

That does help.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

So I think there's a lot to be said for that bit of information sharing.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Yeah, so it probably comes back to policy.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Like, what are the policy decisions we're making?

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

So I think it's up to 30% now of the grid is for data centres.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

So do we look at, if we want to electrify this fleet, how much is it going to cost and where do we take it from?

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Because we can't be compromising people's domestic electricity needs.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

Yeah, it's kind of like the field of dreams.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

If you build it, they'll come.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

There's a friend of mine works out in truck rental and he says, yeah, these would be great electric vehicles, but there isn't a bit of infrastructure in place for them yet.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

And there's no point in putting the cart before the horse.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

We need to plan to build and then to get this electric bin fleet out because, like I said, other countries are doing it.

Today with David McCullagh
Rethinking waste: Could we make bin collections more environmentally friendly?

There's no reason why we shouldn't be.

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