Originally Posted by revchuck

Actually, he's a Dane. I wouldn't have known if it weren't for Google.

I didn't find anything where he referred to recovery rides as junk miles. The closest I found was this (from here):

It's a reference in one of his training materials. I'm open to sharing if you are interested.

I can see how one might infer from this that all non-interval training = junk miles, but that doesn't hold up in the context of the rest of his writing. I found several mentions of active recovery in his other pieces. He's pretty much mainstream.