The article seems to equate waste minimisation, recycling and recovery. Good to clarify that clever waste minimisation can eliminate waste that would need future recycling?

Taxes have been consistently proposed and piloted for decades as a green economy tool. We have fuel taxes with huge revenues addicting governments to fossil dependence. We have landfill taxes providing no incentive for product producers to cut waste but big incentives for incineration business. And we have plastic bag taxes that attract huge attention while making no real difference to plastic waste. These examples illustrate governments’ minimal capacity for effective green tax policy and suggest an urgent need to begin a serious effort to look at alternative policy options. http://www.govsgocircular.com/cases/extending-producer-responsibility-with-precycling-premiums