Leading Provider Of Waste And Recycling Solutions Reaches Company Milestone Of $500 Million In Annual Sales

Innovative Business Model, Strong Management and Commitment to the Environment are Driving Forces behind OAKLEAF Success

East Hartford, CT. (September 5, 2007)-- OAKLEAF the nation’s leading providers of waste and recycling solutions, announced recently that it has achieved a company milestone— reaching $500 million in annual sales in just 12 years. OAKLEAF’S strategic planning and approach to waste management, along with one of the industry’s strongest management teams, proprietary technology, and world-class customer servicing, are being cited as key factors in the company’s tremendous growth and success.

“Since its beginnings, OAKLEAF has been providing solutions that better our community and our environment; in doing so we have achieved unparalleled success reflected in our current sales of $500 million,” stated Jim Barnes, CEO of OAKLEAF. “It is clear every company’s financial growth is tied to delivering sound environmentally sustainable initiatives and we are proud providing clients such solutions.”

About OAKLEAF 
OAKLEAF, founded in 1995, is an authority in providing waste and recycling solutions for a broad base of multi-location retail, restaurant, hotel, manufacturing, property management and mall clients including Sears, United Technologies, Kmart, GAP, TGI Fridays and more.  As the most rapidly growing waste outsourcing company in the nation with more than 450 employees and a nationwide network of over 4,800 certified haulers, OAKLEAF  provides services to approximately 90,000 locations throughout North America.  OAKLEAF has been recognized nine times since 2001 by Inc. Magazine, including being named four times to the Inc. 500 List (now the Inc. 5000 List) and being recognized five times by ICIC, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City.  For more information on OAKLEAF, please visit www.oakleafwaste.com.