NEW YORK, April 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Perf Go Green Holdings, Inc. ("Perf Go Green")(OTCBB:PGOG), the leader in biodegradable plastic products and everyday green solutions, today announced its partnership with the 2009 Verizon Heritage PGA TOUR event. The April 13-19 event at the Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, will use Perf Go Green biodegradable commercial trash bags for their entire golf tournament operations next week during the PGA TOUR event. The Verizon Heritage will be one of the first PGA TOUR golf tournaments to go green.
"We at Perf Go Green are proud to partner with such a prestigious PGA TOUR event as the Verizon Heritage in Hilton Head as part of our initiative to stop trashing the planet and to embrace solutions that will help us live on a cleaner and healthier planet," said Tony Tracy, Perf Go Green Chairman and CEO. "Everyone at Perf Go Green believes in reusing, recycling, and reducing our impact on the environment as much as possible by providing eco-conscious products that will help facilitate a greener lifestyle."
"With 135,000 spectators enjoying our professional golf event, the Verizon Heritage obviously uses a lot of trash bags," said Tournament Director Steve Wilmot. "The decision to go with Perf Go Green was easy, they work great and are eco-friendly."
About Perf Go Green
Perf Go Green, Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:PGOG) (http://www.perfgogreen.com), the leader in biodegradable plastic products and everyday green solutions, is a New York-based biodegradable plastics company. The corporate name reflects its "Go Green" mission from inception to create a Green company for the development and global marketing of eco-friendly, non-toxic, food contact compliant, biodegradable plastic products as a practical and viable solution to eliminating plastic waste from the world environment. Founded in November 2007, Perf Go Green premiered at the March 2008 International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago, where its biodegradable trash bags received an honor for their design quality and innovation. The Perf Go Green biodegradable trash bag line currently includes 13 gallon tall kitchen and 30 and 39 gallon lawn & leaf bags, along with Cat Pan Liners, Doggie Duty Bags and Plastic Drop Cloths. Just one year later in 2009, Perf Go Green launched 0% cadmium, 0% lead, 0% mercury PerfPower(tm) Alkaline Batteries with free recycling, through www.i-recycled.com, and their all-natural and sustainable Perf Go Clean(tm) line of household and commercial cleaning products.
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Verizon Heritage
The real winners of the Verizon Heritage are the thousands of people the tournament helps each year. The Heritage Classic Foundation, general tournament sponsor, distributes the proceeds of the annual PGA TOUR event to hundreds of non-profit organizations. Since it was founded as a 501 (c)(3) in 1987, the Foundation has donated close to $18.5 million to people in need.
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