FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 3, 2001:

Environmental Research and Education Foundation
Holds Elections for Officers and Directors

Washington, D.C. - During its annual meeting held November 2 in Alexandria, Va., the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) held elections for officer and director seats that were set to expire December 31, 2001.

The following EREF officers were re-elected to an additional one-year term (through December 31, 2002):

• Re-elected to Chairman - Ronald J. McCracken, President, Bes-Pac, Inc., Easley, S.C.

• Re-elected to Vice Chairman - Donald F. Moorehead, Jr., Chairman and CEO, EarthCare Company, Dallas, Tex.

• Re-elected to Secretary-Treasurer - Robert P. Stearns, P.E., DEE, President and CEO, SCS Engineers, Long Beach, Calif.

The following EREF board members were re-elected to an additional three-year term (through December 31, 2004):

• Deborah Hockman, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of Operations, Silliker Laboratories, Inc., Homewood, Ill.

• Jacques Petry, Chairman and CEO, SITA, Nanterre Cedex, France.

• Lonnie C. Poole, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Waste Industries, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.

Ted Flood, CEO (Retired), International Baler Corporation, Jacksonville, Fla., was elected to Director Emeritus with no term expiration.

The Environmental Research and Education Foundation is a non-profit organization that funds the development of environmental solutions through research and education, focusing on the waste and recycling industries.  Its endowment provides the financial base for a sustainable series of significant projects and scholarships. (www.erefdn.org)

Contact:  Anne M. Brauer, Director of Development and Communications
                703.299.5139 or abrauer@erefdn.org

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