Internet Solution Available for Hotel/Resort Solid Waste

WasteBid.com Press Release
November 21, 2000

(Fairfax, Va.-Nov. 21, 2000) - WasteBid.com, Inc. announced today that their Internet site is now available for hotel/resort owners/managers to solicit and receive competitive service bids for trash collection services. On May 12, 2000, the Metropolitan Washington Internet startup officially turned on its new dotcom site for registration of waste haulers, i.e., firms providing recycling services and regional waste generators. "As of early November, the site is available for the national signup of commercial waste generators, although certain areas of the country are not yet available for detailed competitive bidding," stated Mr. Robert Brickner, Chief Marketing Officer of WasteBid and a 28-year veteran of the solid waste management field.

WasteBid.com, Inc., (WasteBid) receives signups from both waste generators and waste haulers. The WasteBid name is synonymous with one of the key functional activities of the company's website. Mr. Brickner said, "…WasteBid will use the Internet to facilitate business between hotels/resorts and other generators of waste and recyclables across the U. S. with many of the nation's 7,000 solid waste haulers."

Different from most of the new solid waste e-commerce firms that have emerged to address the $50 billion waste management and recycling services and equipment market, Mr. Brickner indicated that, "WasteBid was created as a fair and competitive service for all participants, including the nation's hotel/resort industry that requires waste-related services, including recyclables collection in some instances." Only pre-qualified waste haulers, known as Service Providers, will be part of the WasteBid hauler community and eligible to bid on the hotel/resort service opportunities. Hotel/resort owners/managers are able to go on-line and describe their solid waste needs and level-of-service requirements. WasteBid will provide competitive bid results that it receives from trash haulers in the area of the generator and present them back to the owners/managers.

Additionally, hotel/resort owners/managers will soon be able to have recycling opportunities also evaluated by WasteBid's patent-pending "Smart Engine." This WasteBid feature acts as an on-line consulting service to help evaluate and reduce trash costs by providing a "right-sizing" evaluation service for the sizing of trash containers and frequency of pickup. The "Smart Engine" will also be used to suggest increased recycling opportunities for the facility that might also help to reduce the monthly trash bill.

WasteBid.com, Inc. is an Internet company based in Fairfax, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland and exclusively serving the national solid waste management field.

For more information, contact:
Mr. Robert H. Brickner, Chief Operating Officer
WasteBid.com, Inc.
(703) 698-5001