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

It's nothing, you know, there's no... voice-verified

There's nothing clever here. voice-verified

It's just you put more batteries on the market and occasionally a battery causes a fire where you've just increased the risk of a fire. voice-verified

And that's why we're seeing more and more of them. voice-verified

And every one of those fires costs money. voice-verified

Every one of those fires takes out UK recycling. voice-verified

And my argument back to these people who were saying, it's the responsibility of the recycler, not me. voice-verified

My response was, but how would you filter for that? voice-verified

So the only way of doing it, and we definitely discussed this on the podcast before, so apologies for the repetition. voice-verified

The only way of doing it is to screen people's bins and to say, well, I'm not putting that on the truck. voice-verified

Yeah, bin supers. voice-verified

Yeah, and so what's going to happen? voice-verified

They're going to have some X-ray scanner on your wheelie bin. voice-verified

They're going to say, you put a battery in that wheelie bin. voice-verified

I'm not tipping it into this truck. voice-verified

You now need to dig through your bin to take the battery out before I'll take this bin. voice-verified

That's the only way of stopping battery fires on trucks and in recycling centres. voice-verified

So actually, all these people saying, well, it's the problem with the recycler, not me, voice-verified

They will make it your problem. voice-verified

And the average insurance claim is about £50,000 now, and that is increasing, and we are then seeing more and more claims each year. voice-verified

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