NEW YORK, NY -- Veridium Corporation and Mean Green BioFuels Corporation today announced their plans to joint venture on the conversion of fats from livestock and poultry facility wastes into biodiesel fuel.

Dissolved Air Flotation Sludge

About 100 million pigs, 35 million cattle, 1.6 billion turkeys, and 8 billion chickens are slaughtered and processed each year in the United States. This contributes to the nation's meat and poultry supply and involves the activities of farms, slaughterhouses, and by-product disposal companies. Virtually every portion of the processed animals are used in edible food products, pet food or commercial feed.

The USDA requires facilities that process these meats to use large volumes of clean water to continuously rinse the meats as they are cut and packaged. The derivative large volumes of water contain extremely high levels of protein and fat. These nutrients are removed from the wastewater using conventional but highly efficient wastewater processing methods. This results in a cleaned wastewater and a concentrated sludge, which is called Dissolved Air Flotation ("DAF") sludge. The poultry industry alone generates in excess of 2.5 billion pounds or more than 63,000 tanker loads per year of DAF sludge.

The conventional practice among the more than 500 livestock and poultry processing facilities in the industry is to transport and dispose DAF sludge through land application.

This Truck Runs on DAF Sludge

Veridium's proprietary DAF sludge processing technology effectively reduces the volume of DAF sludge by 80% while recovering the majority of the animal fats contained in the sludge. Veridium's technology enables livestock and poultry processing facilities to dramatically reduce the volume of sludge they are shipping and disposing. This translates to reduced costs and increased profitability for livestock and poultry processing facilities. Poultry processing facilities alone will generate in excess of 50 million gallons or 10,000 tanker loads per year of this fat when utilizing Veridium's process, and this fat can be cost-effectively converted into biodiesel fuel.

David Winsness, president and chief operational officer of Veridium's new technology division, said that "this is where our alliance with Mean Green is important - Veridium is providing its technology to these facilities for no up-front cost in return for fixed long-term annuities tied to a percentage of how much we reduce their waste handling costs. Mean Green will then purchase the oil recovered from the fat in the DAF sludge and convert in into biodiesel fuel."

Winsness added "each installation of this technology helps the agricultural industry to increase their profits by dramatically reducing waste disposal costs and by producing biodiesel. This then helps to increase job creation, to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, and to reduce the emission of harmful greenhouse gases because biodiesel does not contain petroleum hydrocarbons."

Veridium is showcasing its new DAF sludge recycling and other technologies at the 2006 International Poultry Expo this week in Atlanta, Georgia. Veridium and Mean Green are both portfolio companies of GreenShift Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GSHF).

About Veridium Corporation

Veridium Corporation is a publicly traded industrial waste recycling company and holds the rights to more than a dozen proprietary universal processing, water purification, emissions control and waste recycling technologies.

Web site: http://www.veridium.com/

Villanova : Grant for Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented a $101,125 pollution prevention grant to Villanova University in Delaware County, Pa. today to study what can be done to reduce the presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment.

Villanova will carry out a project to prevent pharmaceutically-active chemicals from entering the environment. Under the direction of Dr. Rominder Suri, director of the Villanova Center for the Environment, the project will identify ways to better manage how prescription and non-prescription pharmaceuticals are discarded from university dormitories. Additionally, the project is developing technology to reduce pollution by preventing pharmaceutically-active chemicals from leaving municipal wastewater treatment plants.

“Villanova’s project is significant because it gives us a head start at working on ways to effectively reduce pharmaceuticals in the environment while continuing to learn more about this emerging environmental issue,” said Donald S. Welsh, EPA’s mid-Atlantic regional administrator. “Although EPA is funding this project, the results of Villanova’s work can be useful for other universities that are voluntarily taking steps to reduce pollution on their campuses as their commitment to improving the environment.”

“The leadership of EPA in tackling this problem is exemplary and commendable,” said Suri. “They are recognizing the problem and are taking steps to protect the environment and human populations while at the same time helping the industry by developing treatment technologies and innovative waste minimization approaches.”

For the last 10 years, scientists have been measuring pharmaceutical contamination of lakes, streams, and groundwater. Traces of drugs, excreted by people and livestock, have been found in numerous water sources. Many of these chemicals are “hormone mimics” and interfere with the reproductive system of aquatic organisms. They can have a detrimental effect on the local ecology and sensitive human populations, such as pregnant women, children or the elderly.

The grant comes from EPA’s source reduction and pollution prevention program that supports efforts to reduce or eliminate pollution as well as innovations to develop pollution prevention projects of general interest. For more information please visit http://www.epa.gov/Region3/p2/grants.htm

Source: http://www.epa.gov/

New Non-Clogging Submersible Pumps

Ashland, OH -- Hydromatic announces the introduction of a new series of submersible 4 inch non-clog pumps for wastewater pumping applications, the H4H and H4HX Series. The new field-proven Hydromatic H4H Series yields the best of both worlds by providing greater efficiency and a steeper non-overloading performance while passing a full three inch spherical solid (as required by the “Ten States Standards” policy for submersible non-clog pumps) due to the enhanced geometry of the mono-vane impeller.

The new Hydromatic H4H Series features a smoother design, reducing the chance of possible plugging. The new H4H Series yields steeper, non-overloading performance with flows up to 850 GPM and heads to 105' TDH. Available in 7.5 HP through 15 HP motors with speeds up to 1750 RPM, the new H4H Series, encompasses a VFD (variable frequency drive) rated motor with Class H insulation.

The F.M. approved, explosion-proof H4HX Series are rated Class I, Division1, Group C and/or D for hazardous locations. The certified explosion-proof H4HX Series can be used for applications such as sewage wet wells where flammable gases exist. A reliable and safe operation is ensured as all castings are inspected for porosity before, during and after machining. The new H4H and H4HX Series are available with a choice of either a dependable Hydromatic PR (Pultruded Rail) or a reliable MTM (metal to metal) lift-out rail system. Non-sparking rail options for hazardous locations are also available.

The new Hydromatic H4H non-clog pump, a preferred rail system and a quality control panel are available from Hydromatic for a complete package system.

Hydromatic is located in Ashland, Ohio, with distribution throughout North America and Canada. Founded in 1959, Hydromatic is a leader in the wastewater pump collection systems market serving the municipal, commercial, industrial sewage, and residential worldwide markets. Hydromatic is a part of Pentair Water, A division of Pentair, Inc.

Web site: http://www.hydromatic.com/

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