FROM WASTE DISPOSAL TO ROAD CONSTRUCTION

The WBO is a service company in the field of supply and disposal. Our main tasks include street cleaning and road construction as well as urban drainage and waste disposal. 

A MODERN SERVICE COMPANY INTRODUCES ITSELF

The WBO Wirtschaftsbetriebe Oberhausen GmbH, WBO for short, started business operations in its current form on January 1, 1996 as a public-private company. The core competencies today include the areas of waste disposal and street cleaning as well as urban drainage and road construction.

SOCIETY

The foundation of the WBO in its current form as a limited liability company took place at the end of 1995. The tasks were previously carried out in-house by the city of Oberhausen. Today the WBO is a public-private company that is 51% owned by STOAG (which is a 100% subsidiary of the city of Oberhausen). 49% of the shares are owned by the recycling company REMONDIS .

CORE COMPETENCIES

The WBO has long-term contracts with the city of Oberhausen and mainly takes on tasks from the fee-financed areas of city ​​drainage , street cleaning and waste disposal . In addition, she is also active in road construction and maintenance , transport facilities, recycling management, the field of rivers and as a service provider in the areas mentioned.

BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

According to the tasks, the company is divided into the areas of sewers and streets as well as waste disposal and street cleaning. The tasks of human resources, bookkeeping and accounting, controlling, auditing and data protection, purchasing, public relations and IT as well as policy, contract and insurance matters are handled centrally in the company.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The company is managed by two managing directors - in accordance with the general requirements of the shareholders . There is a voluntary supervisory board in which the employee side is represented with third parity.

OUTLOOK

The WBO has been in the black since 1999 and is recording a further positive future in its economic plans. While the city of Oberhausen, as a partner and main client, pays special attention to reliable and good execution of tasks, the private partner guarantees that these tasks are carried out as optimally as possible.

PROFESSIONALS IN EVERY BUSINESS AREA

A modern supply and disposal company always has something to do. The experienced WBO team ensures that our city stays clean, that the wastewater flows smoothly at all times and that streets and sidewalks can be used safely. Our employees not only keep an eye on costs and efficiency, but also always have ecological aspects in mind.

Over 400 employees are out and about on the streets of Oberhausen every day. From road builders and attendants, to vehicle mechatronics technicians and specialists for pipe, sewer and industrial services, to commercial employees and engineers: the WBO offers a wide variety of professional fields. In addition, the company trains around ten young professionals every year.

SUSTAINABILITY - EVERYTHING IN KEEPING WITH NATURE

WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

For us, sustainability is, so to speak, our core business - because with almost all the services we provide, we conserve resources or help to keep environmental pollution as low as possible. We take on ecological, but also economic and social responsibility - in every area of ​​our daily work.

Disposal is resource conservation
We offer a complex system for recording material flows in Oberhausen. The concentration on the urban area and the exact local knowledge provide a reliable database on which our computer-aided tour planning and the container stands selected based on the reality of life are based. This enables the complete collection of numerous recyclable materials and offers the citizens every incentive to separate the recyclable materials in their households and to recycle them.

Urban drainage is water protection
Land, air and water are our natural foundations of life, which must be protected according to all the rules of the art. That is why urban drainage is also water protection. We collect the wastewater, feed it to the water associations and cooperatives, from where it flows after treatment into the Ruhr and Emscher rivers. This demanding task is only possible with the proper maintenance and upkeep of the sewer network, including rainwater retention basins and pumping stations. But the effort is worth it, because this is how we guarantee water protection in the long term.

Roads and canal construction with a system
We also pay attention to the use of ecological processes and materials in the construction, maintenance and cleaning of Oberhausen's road and sewer network. Without losing sight of the right balance in terms of the costs involved.

Energy management Energy
saving begins with each individual. For this reason, we have switched all of the lighting at the central depot to modern LED technology. Many of our machines are already powered by batteries and computers and monitors also save energy. The WBO employees also use specific information to ensure that you save energy yourself. So that it stays that way in the future, we have our mobility checked annually in an energy audit.

We use electric vehicles not only in the vehicle pool, but also in operational use in the companies. In addition, e-bikes will take over the short distances to the quarters in the future, so that cars can stop completely. From 2020, gas-powered garbage trucks will be used for waste disposal in order to save diesel and thus also CO 2 .