James Piper

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7,697 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 13 Aug

James Piper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Talking Rubbish - The Recycling Podcast · 107. Why our bins keep catching fire · 13 Aug 2026 podcast

This is a website I found. voice-verified

I'll put it in our link tree. voice-verified

Again, I don't know how accurate it is, but it gives us the theme. voice-verified

10 years ago, 79 gigawatt hours. voice-verified

And in 2024, that was 1,260 gigawatt hours. voice-verified

Wow, yes, it's pretty exponential. voice-verified

Yeah, I mean, it's more than a 10 times increase, way more than a 10 times, almost a 20 times increase across those 10 years. voice-verified

And it's forecast to 4x again. voice-verified

As a minimum, because you're talking about electric vehicles, you're talking about scooters, bikes, everything that's got these batteries in. voice-verified

I mean, it would be way more than 4X in the next 10 years. voice-verified

And that's the important thing. voice-verified

We have more power in our homes than we have ever had before. voice-verified

And that means that we have more power in our bins than we have ever had before. voice-verified

As I say to people who were commenting on our socials, batteries, gas canisters, vapes, when they get crushed... voice-verified

they might start a fire. voice-verified

Not all of them, very few of them as a percentage, very, very few of them will start a fire. voice-verified

And so millions of batteries will go through our system without starting a fire. voice-verified

However, if the numbers increase and there is a 0.01% chance of a battery catching fire, if the numbers are increasing, well, the risk increases. voice-verified

Sure, yeah, it's as simple as that. voice-verified

It's just a maths thing. voice-verified

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