Christoph Scharff

CEO, Altstoff Recycling Austria AG, ARA, Austria

Christoph Scharff has been dedicated to waste management in both research and practice for more than 30 years. He holds a doctoral degree in economic science and was instrumental in setting up the nationwide separate collection of packaging in Austria. Since 2008, Christoph Scharff is CEO and President of ARA AG, Austria‘s leading compliance scheme for packaging wastes. He is honorary professor for waste management at the Vienna University of Technology and author of several national and international publications in the field. Christoph Scharff is the initiator of the Circular Economy Coalition for Europe (CEC4Europe). From 2000 – 2002, Christoph Scharff was President of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). Today, he is Honorary Member of ISWA.