COLONIE, N.Y., 25 April 2003 - Environment One Corporation, in conjunction with WNYT-TV , the NBC affiliate in Albany, N.Y., is sponsoring an Earth Day Recycling event on Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Heritage Park in the Town of Colonie. This support continues a tradition of Earth Day participation by E/One since the inaugural event in 1970 in New York City.

• Participation: Capital District reisdents (excluding VT and MA residents) will be asked to contact their local town official to receive a coupon that will entitle them to participate by bringing a maximum of three difference electronic devices for disposal. This allows for each town or city to know their monetary involvement for this project. Under normal circumstances, residents would have to pay the disposal cost, but for this one day, we will coordinate efforts for our communities to keep all costs at a minimum.

  Facts

• E-waste is made up of consumer electronics such as televisions, boom-boxes, cell phones, computers or video game components.
• E-waste today could represent as nuch as 5 percent of municipal solid waste disposal.
• About 70 percent of the heavy metals, including lead, mercury and cadmium, found in local municipal landfills, come from e-waste. Each computer or TV display contains 4 to 8 pounds of lead.
• When these components are crushed in the landfills, the lead is released into the environment, leaving a hazardous legacy for current and future generations.

Environment One is a manufacturer and provider of:

• Products and services for the disposal of residential sanitary waste.
• Detection systems for the protection of high value electric utility equipment.

Environment One is an operating company of PCC Flow Technologies, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE: PCP).

Media Contact: George Vorsheim 518-346-6161 ext. 3021