General Environmental Management, Inc. announced today before the opening bell that it has completed the acquisition of Santa Clara Waste Water (SCWW), a profitable, 50 year old, full service environmental services company focused primarily on the waste water treatment business. To date, SCWW has treated more than 2 billion gallons of waste water and is recognized as one of the top 100 privately owned non-hazardous waste water utilities in the United States.

GEM financed the acquisition through the issuance of six promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $9,003,000, along with warrants for the principals of SCWW to purchase 425,000 shares of GEM’s common stock. The notes bear interest at 6.5 percent per annum. Two of the Notes, totaling $3,778,000, are convertible into a total of 15% of GEM’s common stock on a fully diluted basis. Details of the notes can

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. reminds investors and other interested parties that it plans to conduct its very first earnings conference call on Monday, November 16, at 4:30 EST (1:30 PST). The call is being hosted by the company’s management team, including Tim Koziol (CEO), Brett Clark (CFO), and Bill Mitzel (president). Questions will be taken after the formal presentation relating to operating results and the company’s shift of business focus to wastewater management and waste-to-energy markets.

CEO Tim Koziol spoke at some length about the upcoming conference call, providing a good idea of exactly what will be covered:

“We are excited to be conducting our first earnings call, and to have the opportunity to talk directly with shareholders about the exciting changes that are taking place at GEM. Over the past few months we have been working hard to re-engineer our

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

General Environmental Management, Inc. announced today that it will conduct its first ever earnings conference call on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 4:30 EST (1:30 PST). Hosted by GEM’s management team, including CEO Tim Koziol, CFO Brett Clark and President Bill Mitzel, the call will have an open question and answer session.

The participant dial-in number is: 1-480-629-9712. If you have an interest in GEVI and would like to be sent a reminder about the GEVI Earnings Conference Call, send an email to investors@go-gem.com. The company would like to add your email address to the GEVI database and will keep you updated regarding the latest news and events.

“We are excited to be conducting our first earnings call and to have the opportunity to talk directly with shareholders about the exciting changes that are taking place at GEM,” said CEO Koziol. “Over the

Today after the bell, General Environmental Management, Inc. announced that it will conduct its first ever earnings conference call on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 1:30 PST. The call will be hosted by GEM’s management team including CEO Tim Koziol, CFO Brett Clark and President Bill Mitzel. Following prepared remarks and presentation of the operating results, the call will be open to questions and answers.

“We are excited to be conducting our first earnings call and to have the opportunity to talk directly with shareholders about the exciting changes that are taking place at GEM,” commented Koziol. “Over the past few months we have been working hard to re-engineer our business model by shifting our focus away from the lower margin field services business to the faster growing and much higher margin wastewater treatment and waste-to-energy

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

This morning, General Environmental Management, Inc. updated the investment community with the progress made since its Board of Directors elected to shift the company’s business focus from hazardous waste field services to the fast growing water treatment and waste-to-energy markets.

“We are pleased to report that we have made tremendous progress in the execution of our plan to move the company into the water treatment and waste-to-energy markets,” stated Tim Koziol, GEM’s Chief Executive Officer. “As we announced last week, we swiftly moved to sign a binding letter of intent to acquire Santa Clara Waste Water (SCWW). We are conducting final due diligence and plan on closing this transaction on or before November 1, 2009. SCWW will be the cornerstone of our water treatment business. With this profitable business and the addition of GEM’s sales, marketing, operational and regulatory expertise, we believe

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.