VKU Steering Committee: Uwe Feige succeeds Patrick Hasenkamp

Uwe Feige, Plant Manager of Kommunalservice Jena, is the new Chairman of the VKU Steering Committee for Waste Management and Urban Cleanliness VKS. He was elected on May 15, 2024 by the general meeting of the VKU's waste management and urban cleanliness division, which met in Munich during IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies. Feige succeeds Patrick Hasenkamp (66), Operations Manager of Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Münster (AWM), who has held the position since 2011.

"We are delighted with the clear vote for Uwe Feige," says VKU Managing Director Ingbert Liebing. "With him, we have a very experienced and proven waste expert and a profound knowledge of the municipal sector. This is particularly important in view of the development of the National Circular Economy Strategy and its implementation as well as the orientation of waste management and municipal cleaning towards greenhouse gas neutrality." Feige has been working in waste management for 35 years and has been the plant manager of Kommunalservice Jena since 1992. Feige has been Chairman of the VKU's Eastern Regional Waste Management Group since 2007.

The election of a new Chairman of the Steering Committee took place due to the imminent retirement of Patrick Hasenkamp as Plant Manager of AWM. "I would like to express my sincere thanks to Patrick Hasenkamp for his many years of dedicated work as Chairman of the Steering Committee," said Liebing. "He was our 'Mister Waste Management' and managed the integration process of the formerly independent waste division VKS into VKU extremely well. His great professional expertise and high media presence have brought the positions of municipal waste management a long way forward over the past twelve and a half years - from the fight for better recycling and against the littering of our cities to the single-use plastic fund and tackling the relief effort in the Ahr valley."

The VKU Waste Management and Urban Cleanliness Steering Committee VKS is the relevant strategy and decision-making body for the division. This is where the key consultations for waste management and urban cleaning are carried out. VKU Steering Committee for Waste Management and Urban Cleanliness VKS has 20 members.