Colleges and Universities Around the Country Are Embracing the Use of Cereplast Products for 2006 Earth Day Celebration; Continues trend of bio-plastics displacing petro-plastics in food serviceware, packaging and other applications.

HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- Cereplast(TM), Inc., (OTCBB:CERP) producer of proprietary bio-based resins that are substitutes for petroleum based resins, announced today that colleges throughout the country are embracing the use of food service ware made with Cereplast bio-based resin. Viewing bio-based plastics as a socially responsible alternative to traditional petroleum based plastic, the Company's resin was used to manufacture compostable food service ware that is now being used at several college campuses including: University of La Verne (CA), California State University of Monterey Bay (CA), Portland University (OR), Seattle University (WA), St. Mary's College of California, UC Davis (CA), Pt. Loma Nazarene College (CA), Allegheny College (MD) and University of Vermont.

These colleges and universities, among others, have introduced Cereplast bio-based resin food serviceware as part of campus-wide composting programs and will be used at numerous Earth Day celebrations later this month. These colleges have found that an established composting program is a highly effective way to reduce their overall amount of waste going to the country's landfills. Products using Cereplast's bio-based resins were selected over petroleum based resins because they are the right environmental choice and also because they biodegrade in municipal composting facilities.

With a nod to the enthusiastic response seen by the company's sales executives on both sides of the continent, Mr. Frederic Scheer, Cereplast's CEO, said "we are pleased to see this growth in the use of products made with our resin on both coasts and are thrilled to see the genuine interest of a lot of new customers in the heartland, as well. It is our contention that we are at the forefront of a sustained trend of bio-plastics replacing petroleum based plastics, as evidenced by the fact that we are doubling our production capacity and are actively exploring our options so that we can multiply capacity yet again to meet this exploding demand."

Cereplast creates several bio-plastic resins that can be shaped into a variety of products including utensils, containers, film and other packaging. Cereplast resins are formulated from a patented and proprietary manufacturing process that incorporates starch, PLA made by NatureWorks, Llc. and other biodegradable components.

About Cereplast, Inc.

Cereplast, Inc. has developed a breakthrough technology to produce proprietary bio-based resins which are used as substitutes for petroleum-based plastics in a variety of applications, including the manufacture of food service items such as utensils, plates, cups, and straws. Manufactured from renewable resources such as corn and potato starch, Cereplast resins are bio-based, biodegradable and compostable, have comparable or superior performance characteristics to conventional plastics, and are sold at prices that are competitive with plastics. http://www.cereplast.com

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