Association executive marks anniversary

Association executive marks anniversary
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Germany-based recycling association the Bundesverband Sekundaerrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. (BVSE, or Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management) says its managing director Thomas Braun started the new year by celebrating 30 years of service with recycling organizations.

BVSE Executive Director Eric Rehbock congratulated the 60-year-old Braun and thanked him for his commitment to the interests of the association’s members “with heart and soul and a clear line.”

Rehbock, in a BVSE news release, calls Braun well-connected, loyal, obliging and with great diplomatic skills. “He made a decisive contribution to the success of the association,” states the BVSE, adding, “Together with the Executive Committee, he is looking forward to further years and joint successes” at the association.

Braun, who studied business administration, had his first contact with the recycling industry in 1991 at the Vereinigung fuer Wertstoffrecycling GmbH (VFW, or Association for the Recycling of Recyclable Materials) in Cologne, Germany.

He then moved to the Bundesverband Papierrohstoffe e.V. (BVP, or Federal Association for Paper Raw Materials), also based in Cologne. BVSE calls that group the predecessor of today’s BVSE. Braun served initially as a consultant, became deputy managing director in 1996 and managing director in 2001.

“Early on, Braun represented the interests of BVSE members beyond national borders,” states the group. It notes Braun was a general delegate of the Paper Division in the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) for about 15 years and continues to represent the BVSE there as part of the BIR’s International Environmental Council.

Braun also served for more than four years as a vice president of the Brussels-based European Recovered Paper Association (ERPA). Since 2015, he has been a board member of the Brussels-based European Recycling Industries Confederation aisbl (EuRIC), whose member associations elected him as their vice president in 2019.

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Source: Recycling Today
Association executive marks anniversary
<![CDATA[Germany-based recycling association the Bundesverband Sekundaerrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V. (BVSE, or Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management) says its managing director Thomas Braun started the new year by celebrating 30 years of service with recycling organizations.BVSE Executive Director Eric Rehbock congratulated the 60-year-old Braun and thanked him for his commitment to the interests of the association’s members “with heart and soul and a clear line.” Rehbock, in a BVSE news release, calls Braun well-connected, loyal, obliging and with great diplomatic skills. “He made a decisive contribution to the success of the association,” states the BVSE, adding, “Together with the Executive Committee, he is looking forward to further years and joint successes” at the association.Braun, who studied business administration, had his first contact with the recycling industry in 1991 at the Vereinigung fuer Wertstoffrecycling GmbH (VFW, or Association for the Recycling of Recyclable Materials) in Cologne, Germany.He then moved to the Bundesverband Papierrohstoffe e.V. (BVP, or Federal Association for Paper Raw Materials), also based in Cologne. BVSE calls that group the predecessor of today’s BVSE. Braun served initially as a consultant, became deputy managing director in 1996 and managing director in 2001.“Early on, Braun represented the interests of…