Dr. Ludwig studied Industrial Engineering at the Technical University Darmstadt and he has a doctorate in political sciences and public law.  He works as a consultant since 2002 and  since 2010 he has been involved in international waste management and circular economy projects and research. His customers are from the private sector and from the public sector from municipalities to the EU level. At DGAW he is responsible for international topics and organizes events to clarify international questions of the waste management sector. He is in the steering committee of the ISWA National Membership Germany. Actual main topic in the waste management sector: industrial needs for closing circles of various product life cycles and waste streams with a certain focus on electronical waste. Dr. Ludwig is also active in other sectors, like green hydrogen.