World Centric, a leading supplier of foodservice and retail compostable products, announces a new service agreement with Amerinet Inc., a leading national healthcare solutions organization.

Effective June 1, 2011, the agreement offers significant savings to Amerinet members on a variety of environmentally-friendly compostable foodservice disposables and packaging products, including cups, cutlery, straws, plates, bowls, containers and trays. World Centric products are made from annually-renewable resources such as corn, sugarcane and wheat straw fiber.

World Centric, which will celebrate its most successful year to date, is happy to be collaborating with Amerinet, as it demonstrates the value of partnerships encouraging the use of environmentally-responsible products. Amerinet’s agreement with World Centric reveals a commitment to lead the healthcare industry toward greater environmental responsiveness.

About Amerinet

As a leading national healthcare solutions organization, Amerinet collaborates with acute and non-acute care providers to create and deliver unique solutions through performance improvement resources, guidance and ongoing support. With better product standardization and utilization, new financial tools beyond contracting and alliances that help lower costs, raise revenue and champion quality, Amerinet enriches healthcare delivery for its members and the communities they serve. To learn more about Amerinet, visit www.amerinet-gpo.com.

About World Centric

World Centric began in 2004 as a non-profit enterprise with a mission to raise awareness of large-scale environmental issues and promote sustainable alternatives to every day consumption choices. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company recently made a for-profit conversion in order to utilize the power of business to help solve social and environmental problems. They were recently featured on Bloomberg Businessweek's Top 25 list of America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs for 2011. World Centric is also a certified B Corporation, meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.

Using agricultural waste byproducts to make products, World Centric donates 25% of its profits to nonprofit grassroots organizations focused on social or environmental change, offsets all carbon emissions from raw materials to delivery and offers discounts to schools and nonprofits. World Centric also provides compostable school trays at cost to any school or organization wishing to reduce their consumption of traditional plastics and Styrofoam™.

World Centric compostable disposable products are certified compostable by the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI), ASTM International, and listed as USDA Certified Biobased Products To learn more about World Centric, visit www.worldcentric.org.

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World Centric manufactures certified compostable products that are made from discarded sugarcane and wheat straw fiber and other annually renewable resources like corn. They are non-toxic, non-polluting, take less energy to produce and when composted, make nutrient rich soil. They donate 25% of their profits to grassroots social and environmental organizations, offset all their carbon emissions from raw materials to final delivery, give discounts to schools and non-profits, and continuously try to make a difference for the better.

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