Tom Vöege

Dr Tom Vöege is a leading expert in the areas of circular economy, sustainability, and EPR Policy, and a sought after public speaker and author. He currently serves as Director, Public Policy and EU Representative in Brussels for GRS Service. With 20+ years experience, he has held senior roles at the United Nations, at the OECD, and at the International Chamber of Commerce, as well as in consulting and academia. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Engineering and Environment from the University of Southampton.

As a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) GRS Service GmbH handles all Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance for its clients. It covers various waste streams with its efficient, safe, and comprehensive waste take-back schemes, and its services include the whole back-office task involved in collection, transport, sorting, cooperation with recyclers, and reporting. As the legacy waste battery take-back scheme in Germany, it has consequently built up a wider portfolio of waste streams, and since 2024 it is part of a consortium building up the German textile EPR-scheme ahead of mandatory EU regulation.