HAWTHORNE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2006--Cereplast(TM), Inc. (OTCBB:CERP), a producer of proprietary bio-based resins used as a substitute for petroleum-based plastics, was again profiled in Plastics News, the industry's leading trade publication. The article focuses on the recent Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming Conference where Frederic Scheer, Chairman & CEO of Cereplast, was a guest speaker.

The article emphasizes the arrival of the "era of Bioresins" and highlights the benefits of Cereplast's products, including its cost-competitiveness, environmental advantages and ability to be processed on conventional equipment.

The article can be found online at:

http://www.plasticsnews.com/subscriber/printer.html?id=1159480983

About Cereplast, Inc.

Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB:CERP) designs and manufactures proprietary starch-based, renewable plastics. Cereplast has developed a breakthrough technology to produce proprietary bio-based resins which are used as substitutes for petroleum-based plastics offering price stability and competitive costs compared to traditional resins. Cereplast resins can be used in all major converting process such as injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding and extrusions. Made from renewable resources such as corn and potato starch, Cereplast resins are certified biodegradable and compostable by BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) and have comparable or superior performance characteristics to conventional plastics and return to nature quickly and safely. Learn more at www.cereplast.com

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Cereplast, Inc.

Cereplast, Inc.

Cereplast, Inc. (OTCBB:CERP) designs and manufactures proprietary starch-based, renewable plastics. Cereplast has developed a breakthrough technology to produce proprietary bio-based resins which are used as substitutes for petroleum-based plastics offering price stability and competitive costs compared to traditional resins. Cereplast resins can be used in all major converting process such as injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding and extrusions. Made from renewable resources such as corn and potato starch, Cereplast resins are certified biodegradable and compostable by BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute) and have comparable or superior performance characteristics to conventional plastics and return to nature quickly and safely. Learn more at www.cereplast.com.

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