General Environmental Management Inc. is currently in the process of shifting its business focus from hazardous waste field services to the more lucrative and faster-growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets. Having successfully built one of the most well-run field companies in the country, the company’s management is confident they can move the company towards a more profitable future in the water treatment and waste-to-energy industries.

The management of General Environmental has secured the services of long-time sponsor of the company, General Pacific Partners, to assist them to explore and evaluate wastewater business acquisition opportunities, particularly in the western areas of the United States such as California. The company has already inked a deal to acquire a profitable, 50 year old wastewater treatment business in California – Santa Clara Waste Water.

The company’s new business model is well poised for high profit and fast

General Environmental Management Inc. is in the midst of a process to switch the focus of its business from hazardous waste field services to the fast growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets. The company believes that shareholder interest will be better served in the long term by this move into faster-growing, more profitable markets.

The opportunity in the marketplace is definitely there. Within the United States alone, the water industry is a $120 billion market that is expected to grow at a 6%-7% rate over the next year. On a global basis, the industry size exceeds $400 billion annually and is growing at a much higher rate than the United States as the emerging world continues to build out its infrastructure. The global waste-to-energy market is a smaller market, but it is still a $20 billion market with a high growth rate.

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General Environmental Management Inc. (“GEM”) is an integrated environmental services firm. The company has a lot of things going for it, especially since the management team decided to shift the company’s business focus from hazardous waste field services to the fast-growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets.

One of the company’s strongest assets remains GEMWare, which is an industry-leading web-based information management tool which empowers waste generators to streamline and optimize operations. The software is designed to allow clients and the company to track all activities from the managing, handling, packaging, and transportation of waste to final recycling, treatment or disposal. It is ideal for use by an environmental manager responsible for multiple sites.

A GEMWare user can do many tasks including: • Organize storage areas • Manage inventories • Set up waste stream profiles and disposal approvals • Request services and purchase materials • Schedule shipments • Track manifest

Recently the board of directors of General Environmental Management Inc. decided to shift the company’s business focus from hazardous waste field services to the higher-margin and faster-growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets, while also reducing the company’s debt.

General Environmental believes it has one of the best managed and operated field services businesses in the country. This business has handled waste streams from some of the biggest companies in the country. The company is now focused on how to maximize the value of that business while it builds its high margin water treatment business and explores opportunities in the waste-to-energy technology market.

The company is making rapid strides toward transforming their business. A few weeks ago, California-based General Environmental announced that it had signed a binding letter of intent to acquire Santa Clara Waste Water. The deal is expected to close on or

General Environmental Management, Inc. was excited to announce today that the Board of Directors has elected to shift its business focus from hazardous waste field services to the fast growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets.

“After lengthy review and analysis of GEM’s opportunity in the environmental management business, the board has elected to adopt management’s recommendation that we move our focus to water treatment and waste-to-energy markets,” stated Tim Koziol, GEM’s Chief Executive Officer. “While we believe that we could work through the current economic downturn and build revenue in our field services business, we believe that shareholders will be rewarded by moving the company into higher margin, faster growing business segments; especially the water treatment and waste-to-energy markets.”

“A few weeks back we announced the sale of GEM MTS and in the process, improved our balance sheet,” Mr. Koziol added.