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Fake modesty aside we think we are distributing a great product with more benefits than actual flaws. At the point when this is also confirmed by a satisfied customer all possible doubts are gone. So here’s the whole letter, re-typed, only because some might find it unreadable. Date: 4/14/14 To: Green Way Pavements   Just thought I would send a short note on how happy we are with our Green way driveway. After enduring 42 years of streams of water running down our driveway, canoeing some basement flooding, dirt in the garage and other problems, I’m happy to say all those problems have been resolved. Despite numerous heavy rains and snow we have experienced no problems. The garage has had no water The garage has had no mud No ice has formed at the bottom of the driveway No streams of water in the driveway I’d recommend Green way pavements for anyone having these problems. Davis S. Vestal, NY 13850

Yep, another tax; and it’s just the beginning. Little may you know, but as far back as 1978, the concept of the Stormwater Tax, also known as “Rain Tax” or ”Driveway Tax,” has been conceived. Now it’s burgeoning all over North America. What a legitimate way for municipalities to generate more money. Needless to say, there is a lot of good behind it, as the tax serves as an awakening tool for all of us. It all begins with rain. It falls from the sky, into the ground, filters its way into the water table and eventually the streams and rivers. Wrong! Once that was a beautiful and natural cycle, but unless you live in a rural environment, most of the water lands (no pun intended) on some kind of pavement, scurries into a drain, flows into the sewer towards a treatment plant and pumped into a river. There’s no filtration, rather collections of pollutants from vehicles and fertilizers, it surges sewerage processing, and passes contaminants back into our water supply chain. So the fish get sick, the sewer treatment plants gets over burdened and city has increased maintenance expenses. Thus, the evolution of “Rain Tax” has ran its course back into your wallet. I actually believe that this tax has its benefits. First and foremost, it serves as a formal wake up call for government agencies, industry, environmental engineers, and the public. Too much has been taken for granted, especially something free as rainfall. Much more attention has been placed on oil resources and usage, but now the tides turning. Engines and machines will stop without oil, but Life can stop without water. Climate changes dictate a renewed study of weather pattern changes. There [...]

Name of Project: Parking Exhibition Grounds ESSEN GmbH Address: 45131 Essen, Germany Application: ECORASTER permeable paving as parking for cars Area in m²: 40,000 m² Products used: ECORASTER E 50 with a classical base and vegetated fill Construction period: Fall 2006 Description 1. Summary Problem: By ever increasing numbers of exhibitors and visitors of the fair, an overflow parking area had become imperative. The design should meet practical, visually sophisticated and modern performance demands. Solution / Implementation To effectively implement such large construction project companies with high technical competence are needed, as the company PURUS has to offer. Adjacent to the existing exhibition center, approximately 40,000 m² was installed with ECORASTER E50, the proven system for permeable paving, an additional overflow parking area for the vehicles was created. 2. Views

Name of Project: LOGISTICS AREA, Export- Import company Address: Neudrossenfeld, Germany Application: Used as ECORASTER truck access for the movement of goods, parking and fire access lane as permeable pavement. Area in square meters: approx. 1,700 m² Products used: ECORASTER E 50 with a classical base and crushed basalt gravel fill Construction period: August 2012 Description 1. Summary Problem: In order to meet the the ever increasing demands of the modern transport industry, a new logistics center for this importer of goods from the area of Eastern Europe and Asia was inevitable. The design should meet practical, visual and contemporary performance demands. Solution / Implementation As access loading space and parking for customers and employees to the modern warehouse, approx. 1,700 m² ECORASTER E50 created a pavement that was permeable and stableand even with high rainfall and ensures a controlled drainage and met the technical requirements.

Name of Project: Parking Regional Airport Court Address: 95032 Hof, Bavaria, Germany Application: use ECORASTER permeable paving as parking space for cars Moved in square meters: approx. 2,250 m² Products used: ECORASTER E 50 with a classical base and decorative gravel Construction period: November 2008 Description 1. Summary Problem: To comply with the increasing demands of modern air transport, the modernization of the airport had become imperative. The design should meet practical, visually sophisticated and contemporary performance demands. Solution / Implementation In order to effectively implement such a large construction projects, companies with high technical competence are required, as the company Ecora offers. The decision to implement the original, patented ECORASTER E50 permeable paving system from neighboring Arzberg , was not hard for the person in charge of the aerodrome. The requirements for the new parking were varied in nature, and therefore best met with a product with the advantages ECORASTER has to offer.

Name of Project: CENTER PARC, Belgium Address: De Haan (Brugge), Belgium Application: use of ECORASTER premeable paving in road and walkways for visitors and delivery vehicles as well as emergency access road. Area installed in m²: approximately 4.500 m² Products used: ECORASTER E 50 with a classical base and decorative gravel Construction period: July 2009 Description 1. Summary Problem: Directly on the lake shore, yet only a stone’s throw away from the longest sandy beach in Belgium, guests breathe in the sea air at Park De Haan. The beautiful Lakeside cottages are located there. Permeable paving was needed for the driveways and paths, this meant being able to combine contemporary requirements with near-natural appearance. The design meets practical, visually sophisticated and contemporary performance demands. Solution / Implementation: Adjacent to the guest accommodation approx. 4,500 m² of ECORASTER E50, a well known system to create a pavement that does not seal the ground, and even with high rainfall ensures controlled drainage.

We did take the Ecoraster to our cottage by van. We started by trying to drive up the slope to the cottage but only manage 8 meters thanks to the grids we had previously laid down. Then the two of us started to move the gravel by hand and prepare before laying down the Ecoraster. It was very pressed and various size of stones. We complete the installation in 3,5 hours. The Ecoraster was covered in gravel and we just walked the grids to get the gravel and the grids to settle. We now tried to drive the van and it went in the first try up the slope. The slope is in total 50 meters long and the angle is 25% according to measuring equipment. Sighvatur Arnarson.

Name of Project: Parking Lohengrin Therme Address: 95448 Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany Application: ECORASTER permeable paving as storage space for cars Area in square meters: 1,500 m² Products used: ECORASTER E 50, grassed, with a standard base Construction period: November 2008 Description 1. Summary Problem: Surrounded by green - nestled between the spa Hermitage, the magnificent summer residence of Margravine Wilhelmine, the natural sanctuary of Rotmaintales and an 18-hole championship golf course - the Lohengrin thermal baths was built in two years, and opened its doors on November 22, 1999. The paving should be suitably designed. Solution / Implementation The Lohengrin Therme is a place where nature provides people with water and heat, health and well-being. Therefore it was only logical for the exterior design of the architectural concept to follow with a natural appearance using ground re-inforcment for parking, this meant being able to combine contemporary requirements with near-natural appearance.

[Mr. Waterman serves as the metaphor of the nature and character of water flow.]   Redesigning a river and its watershed or building a dam in the wrong place will undoubtedly change the face of the environment. Toping the list of environmental change are our urban areas. In 1992, in Central Florida the Kissimmee River Restoration began. It has been cited as one of the most successful ecosystem restoration initiatives undertaken. By re-channelizing the River to replicate its natural paths, birds and other wildlife responded more quickly than anticipated and demonstrated the resiliency of nature. However, the great China Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, also know as China’s super Green Initiative, proved disastrous environmentally and financially. The project, which began in 1993, came with dangerous risks that the weight of the reservoir would “alter China’s geology, uproot millions of people, poison water supplies by trapping pollution, and disrupt the Yangtze watershed.” And that it did at the cost of 22.5 billion dollars and causing server heartaches for1.4 million people. Large urban areas are being challenged with water run-off and sewage problems. Too much rainwater is clogging up the sewers and treatment plants. This is a global problem and needs immediate attention. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an agenda to force municipalities to take remedial action—it’s called a Big Fine—sometimes in the millions. No matter which way you look at it, water flow has a mind of it’s own, so to speak. It needs to be respected and sometimes we need to collaborate with the “Waterman.” The “Waterman” in urban areas has been shot dead. But his ghost is still around. It’s causing havoc, pollution, flooding, and even the potential for serious disease. [...]