James Piper

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

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

And back when we released episode 73, I put up a clip of us discussing battery fires. voice-verified

And if I just read you some of the comments to give you an idea of kind of what I think we're experiencing in the public. voice-verified

And obviously there'll be some trolling in this. voice-verified

There'll be some just, I'm behind a keyboard. voice-verified

I'm anonymous. voice-verified

I can say what I want. voice-verified

But just to give you a flavor of the comments, every battery I've ever used has gone in the bin. voice-verified

Millions of batteries go in the bin each year, so what? voice-verified

I literally put all my batteries in the bin. voice-verified

And perhaps the most depressing for me was I keep telling my parents that batteries don't go in the bin, but they don't listen. voice-verified

Beyond these comments, there was a common theme. voice-verified

And I think we discussed it a little bit before in the podcast, but I'll bring it into this discussion as well, which was if a recycling plant can't withstand a battery, it deserves to burn down. voice-verified

That was a general theme. voice-verified

This is the recycling plant's fault, not mine. voice-verified

It's obvious this is going to be a risk. voice-verified

Why haven't you built around it? voice-verified

And I think it's just worth reflecting that the world is a very different place compared to when these MRFs were built 10 to 20 years ago. voice-verified

I had a look at lithium-ion battery storage. voice-verified

So 10 years ago, the amount of capacity in lithium-ion batteries in the world was about 79 gigawatts, I think. voice-verified

Gigawatt hours, I think, is the official way of saying it. voice-verified

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