CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. Announces It Is Evaluating Sites for First Municipal Solid Waste to Ethanol Plant

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In order to expedite the process for the construction of a small commercial plant, CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB: CLTH) announced today that it has begun identifying and evaluating sites for its first commercial facility. CleanTech is seeking to work with municipalities and waste haulers in locations with favorable tipping fees (fees paid to accept trash), feedstock supply, transportation logistics, and governmental financing possibilities to implement its technology to convert municipal solid waste (curbside garbage) into ethanol.

CleanTech’s cellulosic ethanol technology has many benefits compared to corn-based ethanol. First, its plants do not have the geographical barrier to entry that corn ethanol experiences and can be situated anywhere in the United States from Coast to Coast. CleanTech’s technology can be used to produce ethanol locally in communities using waste that the community would otherwise dispose of in landfills. Secondly, the growing cost of corn has placed excessive pressure on food producers, including Pilgrim's Pride (NYSE: PPC), whose CEO Clint Rivers recently blamed the worldwide food crisis on the mandated corn-based ethanol program. CleanTech is paid tipping fees to accept the waste it uses to make cellulosic ethanol. Thirdly, the CleanTech technology reduces waste disposed of in landfills by as much as 90%. CleanTech’s waste-to-energy technologies are paving the way towards successful commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc.

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. is a development stage company that is developing cutting edge waste to clean fuel technologies. We have licensed and are developing our core patented technologies which, when combined, can be used to convert the cellulosic material in municipal solid waste, green waste, and other cellulosic waste materials into fermentable sugars for the production of ethanol.

Our unique technology package positions us to be the industry leader in using municipal solid waste (MSW) as the primary feedstock for energy production. Municipal biorefineries developed using our technology have the potential to:

• Reduce the costs of transporting waste long distances for disposal.
• Dramatically reduce pollution released into the environment by the disposal of municipal solid waste.
• Reduce the amount of material going into landfills by as much as eighty five percent.
• Increase the amount of recyclable materials that can be recovered from municipal solid waste.
• Generate biofuels and other usable energy products at competitive prices.

We believe that our combined technologies will enable the production of ethanol from cellulosic waste streams at a lower cost than from grain or other agricultural feedstocks. Our combined technologies will avoid the immense consumption of water and farmland that plague grain ethanol producers, with the added benefit of recycling garbage and reducing the amount of waste disposed of in landfills by as much as ninety percent.

By focusing on cellulosic biomass produced from curbside garbage where an existing collection and disposal infrastructure has existed for many years, our business model presents substantial economic advantages relative to other models dependant on agriculturally derived feedstocks or wood waste for the production of cellulosic ethanol.

For more information, please e-mail CleanTech Biofuels at info@cleantechbiofuels.net.

Note: Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results or timelines to differ materially are risks associated with research and clinical development, regulatory approvals, supply capabilities and reliance on third-party manufacturers, product commercialization, competition, litigation, and the other risk factors listed from time to time in reports filed by CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent judgments of the management of CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. as of the date of this release.