Susan Hayes Culleton

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3,107 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 4 Sep

Susan Hayes Culleton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 22 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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Taking Stock · Circular economy, 'dead internet' theory & blockchain revolution · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

And joining me now to discuss this is Mary T. voice-verified

Lincoln, co founder and chief partnerships and policy officer at Circular Intelligence. voice-verified

First off, Mary, when people hear circular economy, they often hear an environmental argument, but what's the economic argument for it? voice-verified

So, Barry, who exactly is not feeling the pain of that? voice-verified

Because I was thinking about this in advance of talking to you. voice-verified

If I'm have a laptop, which I do, and let's say it's starting to slow down now and you know, theoretically I could hang on to this until it literally stops working, but the inconvenience of that is greater than me, let's say, holding on to this until the very end. voice-verified

and of the life of the product. voice-verified

So who exactly is feeling the pain of that two thirds of recoverable materials in landfill? voice-verified

Is it people, businesses, countries, governments? voice-verified

Who? voice-verified

Another argument, of course, f when it comes to this, is that if I am using materials that are, say, recycled, well then I'm having a lower impact economically and environmentally on the world. voice-verified

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Is there a paradox here? voice-verified

Let's say, right, I buy a pair of jeans for 15 euro on vintage instead of 150 euro if they were new. voice-verified

But then with the extra money that I'm saving, I then go on and I spend that on something else. voice-verified

So have I really reduced pressure on resources or just shifted my consumption elsewhere? voice-verified

Is there a is there something where we're kind of fooling ourselves into thinking, well, if I spend a small amount of money on second hand, I have more money and ultimately I voice-verified

They end up consuming more. voice-verified

But Mary, what I'm wondering about here is if this makes economic sense, environmental sense, we like the idea, like it makes us feel good about it. voice-verified

Why are we leaving so much on the table? voice-verified

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