Ground Breaking Ceremony for New Facility in Ohio

POLAND - (Monday, October 26, 2009) - Greenstar broke ground on Monday to start construction of a new state-of-the-art recyclery to be built on US Route #224 adjacent to Republic's Carbon Limestone Landfill in Poland Township. In order to complete this project, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources is providing a grant of $250,00 which will be matched by Greenstar North America.

The facility will provide a place for Republic Services to dump recyclables locally rather than hauling them to Pittsburgh for processing. Republic has a long term contract with Greenstar. Republics also has a long term agreement with Mahoning County to collect recyclables every other week from more than 80,000 houses.

When completed, the initial construction will provide 6 new jobs in the township. There are plans to expand the complex and offer more jobs over the next several years.

Several state and local dignitaries were in attendance.

About Greenstar North America

Greenstar is America's fastest growing recycling company backed by one of the world's largest private recycling companies. Greenstar provides sustainable recycling solutions in the recycle processing, commodity upgrading and commodity trading sector of the solid waste market. Greenstar entered the U.S. market in 2007 and quickly established a platform for growth by partnering with some of the leading companies in the industry. The company handles two million tons per year of recyclables through a network of 15 processing facilities.

For more information visit www.greenstar-na.com.