As CBDO responsible for driving Sales, R&D & Technical Solutions that reduce the generation of waste by converting one industry's waste into another industry's resource: Driving the Circular Economy several thousand tonnes at a time!

Delivering resource efficiency, circular solutions and most importantly: Reducing the loss of valuable resources needed by future generations.

The Environmental Policy Committee (Miljøpolitisk Udvalg) considers and influences environmental Policy in Denmark on behalf of Danish Industry

The advisory board for Waste and Ressources meets 4-5 times per year to inform the policies of the Confederation of Danish Industry on waste and ressource issues.

Mr Torben Kristiansen is an experienced Project Director, Team Leader and Project Manager of multi-disciplinary projects internationally and in Denmark. Mr Kristiansen has documented successful experience in the management of large scale and long-term multi-disciplinary projects including the management of large contingents of expatriate and local staff. Specifically, Mr Kristiansen has vast experience in waste management – including hazardous/infectious waste and special waste products, carbon trading projects, public private partnerships, waste information systems, environmental awareness and public consultations, sanitary engineering, water supply and environmental engineering based on several assignments abroad and in Denmark. Mr Kristiansen has worked extensively with the planning, feasibility and commercial/risk assessment of waste-to-energy facilities including transaction advising and procurement under EU procurement rules. The has included assessment of waste quantity and quality, opportunities for utilizing heat/power as well as preparation of investment and operation cost/revenue estimates for particular plants based on the actual local, potential for sale of heat and power, gate fee for waste treatment and additional costs/revenues for management of residual products, recovered metals etc. He has been posted in Egypt for 1½ years and in South Africa for 4 years managing comprehensive projects.Mr Kristiansen has been on several missions to South East Asia, Southern Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe, the Pacific and the Middle East on assignments and project preparation missions. Hence, he has substantial experience from several assignments in Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Croatia, Montenegro and Hungary), the Middle East (Oman, Egypt), Africa (South Africa, Swaziland and Namibia), the Pacific (Marshall Is.) and South East Asia (India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand).

Mr Torben Kristiansen is an experienced Project Manager and Vice President of COWI's business area for Waste Management & Contaminated Sites with a total of 95 employees located at 6 offices in Denmark an a few project offices abroad organised in 5 business section. Mr Kristiansen has documented successful experience in the management of large scale and long-term multi-disciplinary projects including the management of large con-tingents of expatriate and local staff. Specifically, Mr Kristiansen has vast ex-perience in waste management – including hazardous/infectious waste and spe-cial waste products (WEEE, batteries, etc.), carbon trading projects, public pri-vate partnerships, waste information systems, environmental awareness and public consultations, sanitary engineering, water supply and environmental en-gineering based on several assignments abroad and in Denmark.

International Waste to Energy and Solid Waste Management Consultant.