OAKLEAF Waste Management Teams Up With the Home Depot® To Launch Branded Dumpster Program

New Program Offers Convenient Dumpster Rental
to Contractors and Homeowners

East Hartford, Conn.(November 15, 2006)

OAKLEAF Waste Management, one of the nation's leading providers of waste and recycling solutions, has teamed up with The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement retailer, to offer customers the convenience of renting dumpsters while shopping for their home improvement supplies. The program, which is an expansion of The Home Depot's successful Business Toolbox program, allows small business owners to receive valuable savings on a variety of products and services offered by preferred vendors including OAKLEAF. The program will also serve as a valuable tool to homeowners who are renovating, remodeling, moving or just cleaning up. Additional program partners include Custom Containers, based in Mississauga, Ontario and others in OAKLEAF's network of 4,600 certified haulers.

"We're thrilled to be The Home Depot's exclusive dumpster rental provider for the Business Toolbox program," said Jim Barnes, CEO of OAKLEAF Waste Management. "We're anticipating that once the program has been fully launched, there will be close to 10,000 orange Home Depot branded dumpsters on jobsites and in driveways throughout the country. This will make Home Depot one of the most recognized brands in the waste industry."
How does it work? Contractors and homeowners can order dumpsters by calling OAKLEAF's 24/7/365 call center toll free. Customer service representatives will work with clients to determine what materials will be discarded, the optimum container size, where the container will be placed, and when it needs to be delivered and picked up.

The Home Depot's Business Toolbox program, launched earlier in 2006, offers a comprehensive collection of discount business services and products including payroll processing, business insurance, credit card processing, wireless telecommunications, computers, shipping, office supplies and more.
OAKLEAF Waste Management provides waste and recycling solutions to a broad base of multi-location retail, restaurant, hotel, manufacturing, property management and mall clients.

OAKLEAF Waste Management is the fastest-growing waste outsourcing company with more than 450 employees, a nationwide network of 4,600 certified haulers and more than 85,000 locations served throughout North America. OAKLEAF was named to Inc. Magazine's 500 List three years in a row and has been ranked on Inc.'s Inner City 100 List for the last three years. OAKLEAF is projecting annual revenue for 2007 in excess of $500 million.  For more information about OAKLEAF Waste Management please visit www.oakleafwaste.com.