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Advisory Board for Collection, Sorting and Recovery

The ZSVR's Advisory Board for Collection, Sorting and Recovery independently makes recommendations about how to improve the collection, sorting and recovery of waste containing recyclable material. This includes suggestions for quality assurance and addressing important issues related to cooperation between systems and local authorities. 

The Advisory Board of the Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (Central Agency Packaging Register – ZSVR) independently makes recommendations about how to improve the collection, sorting and recovery of waste containing recyclable material. This includes suggestions for quality assurance and addressing important issues related to the cooperation between systems and local authorities.

Read the recommendations

The eight members of the Advisory Board are each appointed to serve a term of five years.

The Advisory Board is made up of:

  • three members for the Leading Local Associations, appointed by the Bundesvereinigung kommunaler Spitzenverbände (Federal Union of Leading Local Associations),

  • one member for the local authority waste management sector, appointed by the Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (German Association of Local Utilities),

  • two members for the dual systems, appointed by the clearing house of the Dual Systems (as per section 19 VerpackG) and

  • two members for the private waste management sector. The BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Rohstoffwirtschaft e. V. (Federal Association of the German Waste, Water and Raw Materials Management Industry) and the bvse-Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e. V. (German Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management) appoint one member each.

Chair: Dr Holger Thärichen; Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (German Association of Local Utilities – VKU); Berlin
Vice-chair: Thomas Pfaff; Jakob Becker GmbH & Co. KG; Mehlingen

Members 
Leading local associations
Thomas Patermann; Wirtschaftsbetrieb Duisburg AöR; Duisburg
Dr Peter Queitsch; Städte- und Gemeindebund NRW e. V. (Association of Cities and Municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia); Dusseldorf
Nadine Schwartz; Deutscher Landkreistag e. V. (German County Association); Berlin

Local authority waste management sector
Dr Holger Thärichen; Verband Kommunaler Unternehmen e. V. (German Association of Local Utilities – VKU); Berlin

Dual systems
Alexander Keiser; ZENTEK GmbH & Co. KG; Cologne
Micha Scharpenberg; Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH; Cologne

Private waste management sector
Thomas Pfaff; Jakob Becker GmbH & Co. KG; Mehlingen
Herbert Snell; MultiPet GmbH; Bernburg

Bylaws for the Advisory Board

(only available in German)

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