Ingo Sartorius studied chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig and received his doctorate in physical chemistry in 1995. He then started his career with CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH and has been a consultant to the Association of Plastics-producing Industry e.V. since 2008. Since 2008, he has headed the Business Unit “Man and the Environment” and is today Managing Director of the Association.

Dr. Rebecca Ballstaedt is a marine biologist specializing in marine microbial ecology. In 2013 she founded the company Sustainable me on Helgoland, which makes an active contribution to environmental protection with concepts and projects. She is the founder of the island reusable initiative “Green Anna” and carries out every year in addition to their environmental projects numerous educational projects. She is Jujorin in the competition “reusable island world champion”