GreenMan Technologies Awarded Contract to Cleanup Several Iowa Tire Disposal Sites
SAVAGE, Minn.--GreenMan Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GMTI), a leading recycler of over 14 million scrap tires per year in the United States, today announced the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has awarded GreenMan’s Iowa subsidiary the contract to cleanup scrap tires located at various sites throughout Iowa during the next five months.
Mark Maust, President of GreenMan of Iowa said, “We are very pleased the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has chosen us to complete this cleanup project.” Mr. Maust added, “We anticipate commencing the project during November on a limited basis with a majority of the work to be completed during the December through March 2007 timeframe. This coincides with our seasonally slower time of the year. We estimate this cleanup project will generate approximately $400,000 of new accretive revenue and will be recycled into alternative fuel and other value-added material for Iowa industries”.
GreenMan was founded in 1992 and today operates facilities in Iowa and Minnesota which collect, process and market over 14 million scrap tires in whole, shredded or granular form. Our products are used as an efficient alternative fuel by pulp and paper producers and electric utilities; as a substitute for crushed stone in civil engineering applications, such as road beds, landfill and septic field construction; or as crumb rubber which is used for playground and athletic surfaces, running tracks and landscaping/groundcover applications. To learn more, please visit our web site at www.greenman.biz.
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