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

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

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

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

I'm struck by how often, Mary, you're telling us about EU legislation or EU driven regulation or EU incentives as distinct to Irish ones, but I want to go back to something you said there earlier on. voice-verified

It sounds like we're one of the biggest offenders in terms of waste in in again in the EU. voice-verified

Why is it? voice-verified

Why is that the case? voice-verified

We are. voice-verified

Well, also I looked at Earth Overshoot Day, and that is the exact date when humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds the Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources. voice-verified

So basically, if all of us on the whole planet um only lived to the thirtieth of July this year, we would have used up everything ecologically that the planet could have given. voice-verified

However, if the whole planet lived in Ireland, voice-verified

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