Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. (ESWW)

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Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc.: Ships Clean Cat School Bus Catalyst/Mufflers to Washington State
Tuesday March 11, 8:45 am ET


TELFORD, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003--Environmental Solutions Worldwide, Inc. (ESW) (OTCBB:ESWW - News), is pleased to announce that the Company has shipped catalyst/muffler units to the Bellingham Washington School district. The units were purchased by Georgia-Pacific for retrofit on Bellingham School District buses in support of a local Clean Air program for particulate matter mitigation.


The rear-engine diesel powered school buses are having their original OEM mufflers replaced with a direct fit catalyst/muffler system. The catalyst/mufflers are comprised of ESW's proprietary metallic DOC (diesel oxidation catalyst) substrates, which are integrated by Fleetguard Inc into their Nelson OEM exhaust muffler housings. Nelson was the muffler manufacturer for these buses when they were originally built.

On February 13, 2003, Congress passed the Omnibus Spending Bill for FY 2003. If signed into Law by President Bush, this bill will provide a total of $5 million in matching funds to school districts across the nation to begin retrofitting diesel powered school buses with emissions control equipment. Currently in North America there are in excess of 500,000 diesel engine powered school buses that are in need of emission reductions technologies.

Chip Hilarides, Field Services Manager, Environmental Affairs, Georgia-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: GP - News) commented, "Georgia-Pacific is proud to have conceived this project to help the community and our school children by reducing the pollutant emissions from these diesel school buses. The ESW products are a good fit with our project and these older Bellingham school buses."

John Donohoe, the company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President commented, "Although this was a nominal first order, this was a unique project which involved a direct fit application of a finished product that had to fit existing spatial constraints in order to function. A separate catalytic converter and muffler would not work. Our proprietary metallic substrate continues to meet these extreme challenges with overwhelming success. Round, oval or square, we believe our substrates are setting a new standard in versatility and adaptability unavailable in conventional ceramic and foil technologies."

Dave Johnson, Senior Vice President of Sales of ESW remarked, "The level two diesel engine emissions market is exactly the division in the transportation sector we want to service. Our high performance metallic DOC substrates ability to reduce PM-10 (Particulate) on average by +55% puts us in a category that is virtually wide open to potential sales. ESW seeks to bring a high performance emissions solution to the sectors of the transportation market that need these reductions to become and remain compliant."

About Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc.

With headquarters in Telford, Pennsylvania Environmental Solutions Worldwide is a publicly traded company engaged through its subsidiaries in the design, development, manufacture and sale of environmental technologies currently focused on the international automotive and transportation industries. ESW manufactures and markets a line of catalytic emission control products and catalytic conversion technologies for a multitude of applications.

For updated information, please visit the Company's Web site at: www.cleanerfuture.com.

About Georgia-Pacific Corp

(NYSE: GP - News) Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading manufacturers of tissue, packaging, paper, building products, pulp and related chemicals. With 2002 annual sales of more than $23 billion, the company employs approximately 65,000 people at 400 locations in North America and Europe. Its familiar consumer tissue brands include Quilted Northern®, Angel Soft®, Brawny®, Sparkle®, Soft 'n Gentle®, Mardi Gras®, So-Dri®, Green Forest® and Vanity Fair®, as well as the Dixie® brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. Georgia-Pacific's building products distribution segment has long been among the nation's leading wholesale suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. For more information, visit www.gp.com.
About Fleetguard Inc

Fleetguard Inc., headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cummins Inc. and is the world's leading manufacturer and specialist of filtration and exhaust products and systems for diesel engines (.9-7000 horsepower). Fleetguard's home page on the Internet can be found at www.fleetguard.com.

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