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

An enforcement officer watched her do this and issued her a £500 fine. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

And this happened in Lambeth Council, that's where Waterloo is, which is when the Daily Mail did a FOI, they found it was the second most... voice-verified

fine issuing council. voice-verified

Does that make sense? voice-verified

Yeah, sure. voice-verified

What's the better English for that? voice-verified

The council that issued the second highest number of fines after Manchester City, they had over 7,000 fines, Lambeth Council, so they are on it. voice-verified

These enforcement officers are paying for themselves. voice-verified

And I suspect there's lots of tourists around Waterloo. voice-verified

It's probably quite easy pickings for people who want to issue a fine. voice-verified

I just thought this was insane. voice-verified

£500 for a coffee cup when you're actually trying to put it in the rubbish. voice-verified

Now, I do get annoyed that the public do have a tendency when a litter bin is full to try and balance their litter on top of it rather than going, oh, there's another litter bin down. voice-verified

I'll just hold on to it for five minutes longer. voice-verified

What I thought might be interesting is to think back to DTM Grabhire, who were prosecuted for dumping 3,490 tons of waste, if you remember, and this was the one where we talked about it being the price of a meal deal per ton. voice-verified

yep. voice-verified

My question to you, Robbie, is if Anna had managed to get her coffee cup into the fly tip... voice-verified

rather than the bin. voice-verified

So if Anna had said, I'm not going to try and throw this in the bin, I'm going to give it to DTM GrabHire, they can put it into their fly tip, and I will pay my share of the prosecution based on weight. voice-verified

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