Eckart Wintzen is my hero since I worked at his company, Origin, back in the 90s. He actually implemented that concept at Origin: We had to track and estimate the footprint of each project, and then the amount was reinvested in environmental projects.
Recently I have created a methodology inspired by that experience at Origin: http://www.scribd.com/doc/5507536/Sustainable-Software-Engin...
More info about Eckart Wintzen (who passed away recently): http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/es_wintzen_pr.html
And here: http://extent.nl/
'Eck's tent' :)
Re:The Recycling Myth
by xcombinator on Tuesday November 17, 2009 @01:56PM
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Sorry for the typo.
Fishes die everyday because they eat polymers and can't digest it, their stomachs fill and there is no space for food.
It's normal to discover dead sharks and whales with their stomachs filled or nearly filed.
My money is on the 'expiry' :)
Anyway, you make excellent points, and the article is spouting typical industry grade bs.
Resources are finite.
A guy called 'Eckart Wintzen' promoted a concept he called 'taxing resources removed', which essentially is the opposite of 'value added tax'. His idea was that you should pay taxes on those resources that you remove from the biosphere, and that products made from recycled goods ought to be tax free.
I think it was an excellent concept.