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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 12 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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

Look forward to Robbie telling us next week. voice-verified

And yesterday, as this episode goes out, PPWR started. voice-verified

Oh, yes. voice-verified

12th of August. voice-verified

Of course. voice-verified

But one thing that is interesting and I spotted is days before it went live, so just last week as this goes out, there was a softening of the rules from the European Commission. voice-verified

Oh, okay. voice-verified

I didn't spot this. voice-verified

So they issued guidance asking authorities to prioritize warning and corrective action and saying that recalls and market withdrawals should be reserved for persistent non-compliance. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

This is so irritating because this is the risk of trying to introduce something bold and not phasing it in. voice-verified

You know, so we talked before about with flexible plastic and lots of people have commented, by the way, on our flexible plastic episode to say phasing is the answer. voice-verified

Yeah, sure. voice-verified

50 local authorities, 100 local authorities, 150 local authorities do that every year. voice-verified

You build capacity. voice-verified

The European Commission are switching everything on at once. voice-verified

And because it's so bold, the brands then become convinced that you're not going to launch it on time because they're like, well, this is so big, it's going to get cancelled. voice-verified

And so they don't prepare properly because they're convinced it's going to get cancelled. voice-verified

And then just before the deadline, they go, well, we're not ready. voice-verified

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