The first US EcoCover manufacturing plant for MulchMat(TM), the world's first internationally certified organic ground cover, has been purchased in Tulsa, Oklahoma. EcoCover (http://www.ecocover.com ) is now offering this equipment for setting up your own green tech company. With a $1.8 million investment and an estimated expected return on investment for an EcoCover plant to be within 12 months, EcoCover is an excellent investment for individuals, corporations, and municipalities.

Primarily produced from waste paper that would end up in landfill, MulchMat has a number of unique attributes that richly benefit plants, soil and the environment. EcoCover mulch and fertilizer enriched MulchMat are 'World Firsts' in providing cost-effective substitutes for plastic and other mulch systems used in the horticultural, agricultural and land management industries. MulchMat is designed to degrade directly into the soil and does not have to be removed like polythene and other common ground cover materials.

With growing water shortages in many parts of the world, MulchMat has an increasingly important role to play in the sustainability of agriculture, horticulture, commercial landscaping, erosion control and forestry.

EcoCover's unique attributes include:

• Patented process turns waste paper into a revenue-generating product.
• Organic, compostable, and biodegradable.
• Conserves up to 80% of the ground water.
• Controls weeds and promotes plant growth.
• Reduces plant mortality, soil temperature and fertilizer use.
• Eliminates or reduces herbicide use and soil erosion.
• Beneficial additives for the soil and seeds can be added to MulchMat.
• Builds free carbon levels in the soil.
• Sequesters CO2, mitigating climate change.

Applications include:

• Crops and farming
• Vineyards
• Commercial and domestic landscaping
• Erosion control and soil stabilization
• Landfill cover
• Nurseries
• Forestry

More than three years of ongoing research by two leading universities validated all of the EcoCover product attributes. An additional four years were required for designing and building the EcoCover plant which utilizes engineering break-through technology.

EcoCover has secured patents in 21 countries, including the United States of America, Canada, Australia and 17 countries in the European Union with plants located in New Zealand, Australia, Czech Republic, and in 4th quarter 2008, Oklahoma.

Organization name: EcoCover
Contact Person: Douglas Schwartz
E-mail: sterlingcm@yahoo.com
Phone: 408 554-8674
Country: USA