FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2003:

Environmental Research and Education Foundation
Holds Elections for 2004 Officers and Directors

Alexandria, Va. - During its annual meeting held December 11, 2003 in Alexandria, Va., the Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) held elections for various officer and director seats.

The following officers were elected to one-year terms (through December 31, 2004):

• Elected to Chairman - Robert P. Stearns, P.E., DEE, Chairman, SCS Engineers, Long Beach, Calif.

• Elected to Vice Chairman - Kevin Walbridge, Regional Vice President-Central Region, Republic Services, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.

• Elected to Secretary-Treasurer - Paul R. Mitchener, President, Energy Developments, Houston, Tex.

The following board members were re-elected to an additional three-year term (through December 31, 2006):

• Frederick E. Leach, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chick Packaging, Silver Lake, N.H.

• Paul R. Mitchener, President, Energy Developments, Houston, Tex.

• Mark D. Weber, President, Environmental Products Group, Federal Signal Corporation, Elgin, Ill.

• Thomas Van Weelden, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Allied Waste Industries, Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz.

• Charles E. Williams, Senior Vice President, Waste Management, Inc., Houston, Tex.

The Environmental Research and Education Foundation is the only independent foundation in the U.S. committed to research, education and science relative to the treatment of municipal solid waste.

For more complete information on EREF, go to its website www.erefdn.org or call 703.299.5139.

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