ARAMARK Salutes Campus Recycling Partners: Over 11.8 Million Pounds of Waste Recycled During Competition

Business Wire,  May 14, 2008  

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PHILADELPHIA -- ARAMARK Higher Education, a world leader in providing professional services to more than 600 colleges and universities in North America, is proud to recognize 142 campus partners that recycled almost 12 million pounds of waste (paper, corrugated cardboard, bottles and cans, and food service organics) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) WasteWise RecycleMania 2008 program, an annual recycling competition among colleges and universities nationwide.

"We are extremely proud of the effort of our campus partners during RecycleMania 2008," said Chris Stemen, Senior Director of Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship, ARAMARK Higher Education. "Through a series of promotional initiatives, including national web seminars, marketing programs and campus events, we have helped to create awareness and drive participation among our clients and customers. This was our fourth year participating and we saw a 150 percent increase in participation by our clients, including 90 first time participants."

RecycleMania 2008 is a competition among college and university recycling programs across the U.S. that provides the campus community with a proactive activity in waste reduction. Over a 10-week period (January 27 - April 5, 2008), campuses competed in different contests to see which institution could collect the largest amount of recyclables per capita, the largest amount of total recyclables, the least amount of trash per capita, or have the highest recycling rate. This year, all participating schools in the competition recycled 58.6 million pounds of waste.

On hundreds of campuses throughout North America, ARAMARK Higher Education has implemented programs and initiatives focused on ecology, conservation and environmental stewardship to teach students the value of protecting the earth. In 2007, the Company received the EPA WasteWise Endorser of the Year Award for its support and promotion of RecycleMania. The award recognizes organizations for extraordinary efforts to reduce waste.

RecycleMania is supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WasteWise program and the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), and is coordinated as a project of NRC's College and University Recycling Council (CURC).

About ARAMARK Higher Education

ARAMARK Higher Education is dedicated to excellence in dining, facility, conference center, and stadium and arena services. ARAMARK enhances the living and learning experience and environment for more than 600 colleges and universities throughout North America. For more information and a list of our services, visit www.aramarkhighered.com.

About ARAMARK

ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. In FORTUNE magazine's 2008 list of "America's Most Admired Companies," ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry, consistently ranking since 1998 as one of the top three most admired companies in its industry as evaluated by peers and analysts. ARAMARK also ranked first in its industry in the 2007 FORTUNE 500 survey. ARAMARK seeks to responsibly address issues that matter to its clients, customers, employees and communities by focusing on employee advocacy, environmental stewardship, health and wellness, and community involvement. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 250,000 employees serving clients in 19 countries. Learn more at the company's Web site, www.aramark.com.

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