Dirk Mellen

Founder and Managing Director (CEO) at MRS Materialis Recycling Solutions GmbH

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

About

Dirk is consultant/advisor/engineer with international expertise and track record. He has 25+ years top-management background for major players in the Circular Economy. Dirk founded Materialis in 2005 and since 2018 he is focussing solely on Materialis becoming the best possible adress for innovative concepts and technologies to help clients to apply a zero-waste strategy. Dirk supports and advises start-up's as well as companies from all over the value chain up to global brandowners in becoming more sustainable and ressource efficient with their products and services. The portfolio includes advisory, engineering, project management, consulting and interim management. Dirk is deeply involved in recycling of plastics and esprecially in packaging plastics from post-consumer sources. Dirk also is author for publications in circular economy, is active in norming and standardization and is an active member in several organizations in policymaking for circular plastics. Dirk is open-minded, independent and focuses on added-value and real life implementation.

Experience

  • Founder and Managing Director (CEO) at MRS Materialis Recycling Solutions GmbH
    Oct 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

  • Co-Founder at EmErEa GmbH
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Founder and Managing Director at Materialis Engineering & Consulting
    Jul 2005 - Oct 2018 · 13 yrs 4 mos

    Planning, Conception, Project Management and Project Development for Recycling

  • Head of Business Center Recycle at ALBA Group
    Aug 2006 - Dec 2017 · 11 yrs 5 mos

    Managing Director of ALBA Recycling GmbH

  • Head of Business Unit Plastics at Tönsmeier Unternehmensgruppe (Today Prezero)
    Jul 1998 - Jun 2005 · 7 yrs

    Managing Director of Tönsmeier Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. KG