Exhibit 10.1 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.1

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement dated as of August 10, 2007 (“Agreement”) is made by and between ECO₂ Plastics, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and Craig D. Hardy (“Executive”) (referred to collectively herein as the “Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company desires to hire Executive and Executive desires to become employed by the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company and Executive have determined that it is in their respective best interests to enter into this Agreement on the terms and conditions as set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Nature of Agreement. Any and all prior oral understandings, offers, and/or representations (if any) with respect to the employment of Executive are deemed by the Parties to be either canceled and void and/or are deemed to be superseded by this final written Agreement.

Employment Terms and Duties.

2.1. Term of Employment. The employment of Executive under this Agreement shall be deemed effective on the date first written above (the “Effective Date”). Executive’s employment shall be deemed to have commenced on or before August 27, 2007 and shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section 5 hereof (the “Employment Term”). This Agreement shall be deemed definitive upon the Effective Date.

2.2. Position and Primary Responsibility.

(a) The Executive shall serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.

(b) In connection with the employment of Executive, Company agrees that, during the Employment Term, neither the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, nor the Bylaws, of the Company shall at any time be amended in a manner inconsistent with the foregoing or the additional provisions of this Agreement, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Parties.

2.3. Exclusivity. Executive agrees to devote his full time, attention, energies, solely and exclusively in the performance of his duties under the terms of this Agreement. However, the expenditure of reasonable amounts of time for educational, charitable, or professional activities shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement if those activities do not materially interfere with the services required under this Agreement, and shall not require the prior written consent of the Company’s Board of Directors. This Agreement shall not be interpreted to prohibit Executive from making passive personal investments or conducting private business affairs, or serving on the boards of directors of other companies or other entities, if those activities do not materially interfere with the services required under this Agreement and do not violate Sections 4, 8 and 10 of this Agreement.

3. Compensation.

3.1. Base Salary. In consideration for the services rendered to the Company hereunder by Executive, the Company shall, during his employment, pay Executive a salary at the annual rate of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) (as may be adjusted pursuant to this Section 3.1 and/or Section 3.5, the “Base Salary”), less statutory deductions and withholdings, payable to Executive on a bi-monthly basis.

3.2. Payment. All compensation payable to Executive hereunder shall be subject to all applicable state and federal employment law(s); it being understood that Executive shall be responsible for the payment of all taxes resulting from a determination that any portion of the compensation and/or benefits paid/received hereunder is a taxable event to Executive; it being further understood that Executive shall hold the Company harmless from any governmental claim(s) for Executive’s personal tax liabilities, including interest or penalties, arising from any failure by Executive to pay his individual taxes when due.

3.3. Reimbursement of Expenses. During the Employment Term, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by Executive while performing his duties under this Agreement in accordance with the Company’s customary practices for its executive employees, subject to provision by Executive of documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Board of Directors.

3.4. Cash Bonuses. Executive shall be eligible for a bonus entitlement during each calendar year (or portion thereof) of the Employment Term with a target of fifty percent (50%) of his Base Salary for such year (or portion thereof) (the “Bonus”). The Bonus shall be guaranteed at a minimum amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for the first year of employment. Within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date, the Company and Executive shall concur, within their respective reasonable discretion, on the criteria and procedures applicable to establishment of Executive’s entitlement to such amount for the then current calendar year; and, thereafter, within thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of each calendar year of the Employment Term, the Company and Executive shall concur, within their respective reasonable discretion, on the criteria and procedures applicable to establishment of Executive’s entitlement to such amount for the ensuing calendar year. Such criteria shall include, without limitation: (i) specified revenue targets for the Company during the applicable period; (ii) specified EBITDA targets for the Company during the applicable period (as defined pursuant to consensus between the Company and Executive); and (iii) such additional specified targets as the Company and Executive mutually determine. Any such cash bonuses shall be paid by the Company no later than March 15^th of the taxable year commencing after the year in which the Executive’s right to such payment becomes vested.

3.5. Compensation Review. It is understood and agreed that Executive’s performance will be reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors at the end of each calendar year during which this Agreement is in force for the purpose of determining whether or not Executive’s Base Salary and/or cash bonuses should be increased; it being further understood that the decision to increase Executive’s compensation shall be at the sole and exclusive option of the Compensation Committee with the Board of Directors approval.

3.6. Equity Awards.

(a) The Executive shall be entitled to a combination of (x) restricted grants of common stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company and (y) a common stock purchase warrant to acquire Common Stock of the Company, a form of warrant is attached hereto as Exhibit B, exercisable over a period of four (4) years after grant with respect to shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate covering five million (5,000,000) shares (collectively, the “Executive Shares”).

(b) The market price of the stock at close of market on the day preceding the Effective Date will determine the fair market value per share (the “Market Value”) of Common Stock issuable to Executive under this Section 3.6, at the respective dates of issuance of the Executive Shares (as those terms are defined below). As soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to Executive the following equity awards based upon the following vesting schedule:

(i) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest immediately upon issuance;

(ii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest on the first anniversary of Effective Date;

(iii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

(iv) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

(c) The Company shall cooperate with Executive in the making by Executive of a timely election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any restricted share grant of Common Stock. Executive shall submit a copy to the Company of any such election if made.

(d) In the event that the Company, at its expense, registers with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to one or more effective registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (the “Registration Statement”) in the manner prescribed by Executive, the Company shall include the Executive Shares (the “Registrable Securities”) in the Registration Statement, and shall maintain the effectiveness and currency of each such Registration Statement, including any related prospectus until the resale of such shares by Executive or any successor thereof; and shall take all such further action (including, without limitation, any registration of such shares under applicable state securities laws and the listing of such shares on any and all trading markets or stock exchanges as the Company’s common shares may trade from time to time) as shall permit the resale of such shares, or any portion thereof, as aforesaid. The Company shall from time to time furnish to Executive sufficient copies of any such prospectus, and any supplements thereto, so as to permit the resale of such shares, or any portion thereof, in the manner prescribed by Executive. In addition, prior to the grant of the Executive Shares, the Company shall enter into an additional agreement with Executive extending to Executive incidental registration rights covering the resale of the Registrable Securities on terms no less favorable to Executive than have then been extended to any other stockholder of the Company. The Company shall pay the costs and expenses incurred by Executive in connection with any such registration, including the reasonable legal fees and expenses that Executive may incur in connection therewith. The obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 3.6(f) are referred to herein as the “Registration Obligations.” The amount of Common Stock included in a Registration Statement filed is, however, subject to the right of the Company and its underwriters to reduce the number of shares proposed to be registered pro-rata in view of market conditions or legal considerations, pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act, which may limit the total number of shares included on a Registration Statement to thirty percent (30%) of the then issued and outstanding common stock of the Company. In the event the total number of shares registered is required to be adjusted to comply with Rule 415 of the Securities Act, the Executive agrees to the allocation of such adjustment on a pro-rata basis.

(e) On or prior to the first anniversary following the Effective Date, the Company and Executive shall have concurred, in their respective reasonable discretion, on the terms and conditions of a long-term equity incentive award program pursuant to which Executive and the other members of executive management of the Company shall be entitled to grants of shares of Common Stock based upon achievement of specified performance objectives.

(f) Any restricted stock granted shall be granted and issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock Agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

3.7 Relocation Expenses. In connection with the employment of Executive, the Company shall provide relocation expenses in the amount of Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) (the “Relocation Expenses”) in connection with Executive’s move to a new permanent residence. The Relocation Expenses shall be paid to Executive at the relocation occurs. Executive shall only receive Relocation Expenses upon completion of Executive’s relocation to a new permanent residence.

(a) Executive may, at his discretion, elect to convert, via written notice to the Company within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, the full amount of the Relocation Expenses into shares of common stock in an amount equivalent to Seventy Thousand Dollars ($70,000) in value as determined by the closing price of the stock on the date of election.

(b) In the event that Executive is terminated pursuant to Section 5 prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Relocation Expenses or the conversion of the Relocation Expenses shall be subject to forfeiture.

(c) Executive shall be responsible for providing documentation of all expenses associated with the relocation and the Company shall gross up compensation for the Relocation Expenses to account for taxes paid on any additional income. Compensation for taxes shall be made in accordance with the manner Executive elects to receive payment for the Relocation Expenses of either cash or shares.

3.8 Travel Expenses. In connection with the employment of Executive, the Company shall reimburse hotel expenses in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) (the “Travel Expenses”) per month for Executive’s costs of hotel rooms while traveling from Modesto, CA to the Company’s offices in San Francisco, CA during the first four (4) months of the Employment Term. Executive must provide receipts for reimbursement of travel expenses.

4. Benefits. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement, the Company and Executive shall determine, in their respective reasonable discretion, the terms of the “Welfare Benefits” (as hereinafter defined) to which Executive shall be entitled. For purposes hereof, “Welfare Benefits” shall mean medical, prescription and dental plans, in no event less favorable than those applicable to any other executive of the Company, and in all events extending to (x) paid vacation per annum equal to three (3) weeks (accruing ratably each year) and eleven (11) paid holidays and (y) a non-accountable monthly allowance of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) (the “Monthly Allowance”).

5. Termination. Executive’s employment and this Agreement (except as otherwise provided hereunder) shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following, at the time set forth therefor (the “Termination Date”):

5.1. Death or Disability. Immediately upon the death of Executive or after six (6) months of Executive’s inability to perform the essential functions of his duties, with or without reasonable accommodation (defined under applicable law), due to a mental or physical illness or incapacity (“Disability”) (termination pursuant to this Section 5.1 being referred to herein as termination for “Death or Disability”). Upon the Death of Executive, Executive’s heirs or assigns shall be entitled to (i) fifty percent (50%) of the annual Base Salary and (ii) on pro-rated amount of any and all outstanding Executive Shares that Executive is entitled to receive from the Effective Date to the date of Death (the “Earnings Entitlement”). In the event Executive commits suicide, Executive’s heirs or assigns shall not be entitled to the Earnings Entitlement.

5.2. Termination for Good Reason. Immediately following notice of termination for “Good Reason” (as defined below), specifying such Good Reason, given by Executive (termination pursuant to this Section 5.2 being referred to as termination for “Good Reason”). As used herein, “Good Reason” means (i) any reduction in Base Salary or other benefits specified hereunder; (ii) a substantial diminution or dilution of the responsibilities, functions and duties attached to the position with the Company held by Executive; (iii) the Company fails to provide any of the compensation or other benefits required hereunder; (iv) any representation made by the Company herein is materially untrue or the Company otherwise is in material breach of this Agreement; or (v) the Company and Executive fail to effectuate the matters contemplated by Sections 3.4, 3.6 or 4 within the respective periods contemplated thereunder.

5.3. Voluntary Termination. Thirty (30) days following Executive’s written notice to the Company of voluntary termination of employment other than for Good Reason; provided, however, that the Company may suspend, with no reduction in pay or benefits (including, without limitation, bonuses, options and vesting), Executive from his duties as set forth herein (including, without limitation, Executive’s position as a representative and agent of the Company) until the 30^th day following Notice of Voluntary termination) (termination pursuant to this Section 5.3 being referred to herein as “Voluntary” termination).

5.4. Termination For Cause. Immediately following notice of termination for “Cause” (as defined below), specifying such Cause, given by the Company (termination pursuant to this Section 5.4 being referred to herein as termination for “Cause”). As used herein, “Cause” means (i) termination based on Executive’s conviction or plea of “guilty” or “no contest” to any crime constituting a felony in the jurisdiction in which the crime constituting a felony is committed, or any other conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction for a violation of criminal law involving dishonesty that materially injures the Company (whether or not a felony); (ii) Executive’s substance abuse that in any manner that materially interferes with the performance of his duties; (iii) Executive’s failure to perform in any material respect the responsibilities, functions and duties attached to his position with the Company or a refusal to perform his duties at all or in a reasonably acceptable manner; and (iv) Executive’s material breach of this Agreement. The Board of Directors shall provide Executive thirty (30) days written notice of any determination to terminate Executive for Cause and shall afforded Executive the opportunity to be heard by the full Board of Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, if Executive is terminated pursuant to subsections (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 5.4 for poor job performance, excluding refusal to perform his duties, Executive shall have sixty (60) days to cure the behavior upon which the threatened termination is based and during which time Executive shall have no reduction in pay or benefits (including without limitation, bonuses, options and vesting).

5.5. Termination Without Cause. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained herein, the Company may terminate Executive’s employment thirty (30) days following notice of termination without Cause given by the Company; provided, however, that during any such thirty (30) day notice period, the Company may suspend, with no reduction in pay or benefits (including, without limitation, bonuses, options and vesting), Executive from his duties as set forth herein (including, without limitation, Executive’s position as a representative and agent of the Company) (termination pursuant to this Section 5.5 being referred to herein as termination “Without Cause”).

5.6. Other Remedies. Termination pursuant to Section 5.2 above shall be in addition to and without prejudice to any other right or remedy to which Executive may be entitled at law, in equity, or under this Agreement. Termination pursuant to Section 5.4 above shall be in addition to and without prejudice to any other right or remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law, in equity, or under this Agreement.

5.7. Salary Continuation During Disability. Notwithstanding Section 5.1 above, if Executive suffers any physical or mental disability that would prevent the performance of his essential job duties, the Company agrees to pay Executive one hundred percent (100%) of Executive’s salary and other benefits (including, without limitation, bonuses, options and vesting), payable in the same manner as provided for the payment of salary and benefits (including, without limitation, bonuses, options and vesting) herein, for the duration of the disability, or six (6) months, whichever is less.

6. Severance and Termination.

6.1. Voluntary Termination, Termination for Cause, Termination for Death or Disability. In the case of a termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for Death in accordance with Section 5.1 above, or Executive’s Voluntary termination of employment hereunder in accordance with Section 5.3 above, or a termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause in accordance with Section 5.4 above, (i) Executive shall not be entitled to receive payment of, and the Company shall have no obligation to pay, any severance or similar compensation attributable to such termination, other than the Earnings Entitlement earned but unpaid, accrued but unused vacation to the extent required by the Company’s policies and any non-reimbursed expenses pursuant to Section 4 hereof incurred by Executive as of the termination date, and (ii) the Company’s obligations under this Agreement shall immediately cease except (x) as required by law and (y) as provided in Section 15.1 below. Provided further, in the event of a termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause in accordance with Section 5.4 above, Executive shall tender back to the Company all unexercised options granted to Executive by the Company in connection with Executive’s employment.

6.2. Termination for Good Reason, Termination Without Cause.

(a) In the case of a termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for Good Reason in accordance with Section 5.2 above, or Without Cause in accordance with Section 5.4 above, the Company shall, within thirty (30) days of the Termination Date, pay Executive, in a lump-sum, cash in the amount (the “Severance Payment”) of the sum of fifty percent (50%) of his annual Base Salary; provided, however, that, in the event such termination of Executive’s employment follows a “Change-of-Control” (as defined below), the Severance Payment shall be an amount equal to the sum of one hundred percent (100%) of his annual Base Salary. As used herein, “Change-of-Control” means:

(i) the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) under the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of twenty percent (20%) or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change-of-Control: (w) any original issuance by the Company, (x) any acquisition by the Company after which the holders of the Company’s voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the Company (the “Voting Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to consummation of such acquisition continue to hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s Voting Stock after such acquisition, (y) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company, or (z) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction which complies with clauses (w), (x) and (y) immediately preceding; or

(ii) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company unless they are replaced with a slate nominated by at least a majority of the Incumbent Board and further provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall, for purposes of this sub-paragraph (ii), be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an individual, entity or group other than the Board of Directors of the Company acting by at least a majority thereof; or

(iii) consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such transaction: (x) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) (20% in the case of any Business Combination being proposed and implemented by at least a majority of the Incumbent Board) of the Voting Stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the outstanding Voting Stock, (y) no individual, entity or group beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of the Voting Stock of such corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (z) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board, or were nominated by at least a majority of the members of the Incumbent Board, at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or by the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or

(iv) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

(b) In addition, in the event Paragraph (a) immediately preceding applies, for six (6) months after the Termination Date (or such longer period as may be provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy), the Company shall continue the Welfare Benefits to Executive and/or his family at least equal to those which would have been provided if Executive’s employment had not been terminated (provided, however, that such period shall be eighteen months in the event such Paragraph (a) applies following a Change-of-Control).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, the payment of the Severance Payment under this Section 6.2 shall be made no earlier than six (6) months after the Termination Date.

7. Severance Conditioned on Mutual Release of Claims. The Company’s obligation to provide Executive with the Severance Payments set forth in Section 6.2 is contingent upon Executive’s execution of a release of mutual claims. Any release of claims shall not include any independently verifiable criminal acts or civil fraud committed by either the Company and/or its officers or directors.

8. Non-competition, Non-solicitation.

8.1. Non-Competition. Executive agrees that he shall not, during the Employment Term and for twelve (12) months subsequent thereto, without both the disclosure to and the written approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, engage or be interested in (whether as a principal, lender, employee, officer, director, partner, venturer, consultant or otherwise) any business(es) that is competitive with the business being conducted by the Company through the Termination Date, without the express written approval of the Board of Directors.

8.2. Non-Solicitation. Executive agrees that he will not, without the prior written consent of the Company’s Board of Directors, for a period of twelve (12) months after the Termination Date, directly or indirectly disturb, entice, or in any other manner persuade, any employee(s) or consultant(s) of the Company to discontinue that person’s or firm’s relationship with the Company if the employee(s) and/or consultant(s) were employed by the Company at any time during the twelve (12) month period prior to the Termination Date.

8.3. Customers. Executive agrees that he will not, for a period of twelve (12) months following the Termination Date, contact or solicit orders, sales or business from any customer of the Company so as to induce or attempt to induce such customer to cease doing business with the Company.

8.4. Public Investments. The provisions of Section 8.1 through 8.3, inclusive, shall not be deemed breached by reason of Executive’s ownership of five percent (5%) or less of the equities of any entity with a class of publicly traded securities.

9. Inventions, Discoveries and Improvements. Any and all invention(s), discovery(ies) and improvement(s), whether protectible or unprotectible by patent, trademark, copyright or trade secret, made, devised, or discovered by Executive, whether by Executive alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company’s employ until the earlier of the Termination Date of this Agreement or the actual date of termination of employment, relating or pertaining in any way to Executive’s employment with the Company, shall be promptly disclosed in writing to the Board of Directors of the Company, and become and remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Executive agrees to execute any assignments to the Company, or its nominee, of Executive’s entire right, title, and interest in and to any such inventions, discoveries and improvements and to execute any other instruments and documents requisite or desirable in applying for and obtaining patents, trademarks or copyrights at the cost of the Company, with respect thereto in the United States and in all foreign countries, that may be requested by the Company. Executive further agrees, whether or not then in the employment of the Company, to cooperate to the fullest extent and in the manner that may be reasonably requested by the Company in the prosecution and/or defense of any suit(s) involving claim(s) of infringement and/or misappropriation of proprietary rights relevant to patent(s), trademark(s), copyright(s), trade secret(s), processes, and/or discoveries involving the Company’s product(s); it being understood that all reasonable costs and expenses thereof shall be paid by the Company. The Company shall have the sole right to determine the treatment of disclosures received from Executive, including the right to keep the same as a trade secret, to use and disclose the same without a prior patent application, to file and prosecute United States and foreign patent application(s) thereon, or to follow any other procedure which the Company may deem appropriate. In accordance with this provision, Executive understands and is hereby further notified that this Agreement does not apply to an invention which the employee developed entirely on his own time without using the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information.

10.

Confidential Information and Trade Secrets.

10.1. Non-Disclosure. Executive hereby acknowledges that all confidential or proprietary trade, engineering, production, and technical data, information or “know-how” including, but not limited to, customer lists, sales and marketing techniques, vendor names, purchasing information, processes, methods, investigations, ideas, equipment, tools, programs, costs, product profitability, plans, specifications, patent application(s), drawings, blueprints, sketches, layouts, formulas, inventions, processes and data, whether or not reduced to writing, used in the development and manufacture of the Company’s products and/or the performance of services, or in research or development, are the exclusive property of the Company, and shall be at all times, whether after the Effective Date or after the Termination Date, be kept strictly confidential and secret by Executive; it being understood, however, that information which was publicly known, or which is in the public domain, or which is generally known, shall not be subject to this restriction (and Executive’s duties of non-disclosure shall further not extend to (i) disclosures to other employees, executives, officers and/or directors of the Company, or as may be required or appropriate in connection with performance hereunder, and (ii) the requirements of legal process, subpoena or other court order).

10.2. Return of Property. Executive agrees not to remove from the Company’s office or copy any of the Company’s confidential information, trade secrets, books, records, documents or customer or supplier lists, or any copies of such documents, without the express written permission of the Board of Directors of the Company or as may be required or appropriate in connection with performance hereunder. Executive agrees, at the Termination Date, to return any property belonging to the Company, including, but not limited to, any and all records, notes, drawings, specifications, programs, data and other materials (or copies thereof) pertaining to the Company’s businesses or its product(s) and service(s), generated or received by Executive during the course of his employment with the Company.

11. Information of Others. Executive agrees that the Company does not desire to acquire from Executive any secret or confidential information or “know-how” of others. Executive, therefore, specifically represents to the Company that he will not bring to the Company any materials, documents, or writings containing any such information. Executive represents and warrants that from the Effective Date of this Agreement he is free to divulge to the Company, without any obligation to, or violation of, the rights of others, information, practices and/or techniques which Executive will describe, demonstrate or divulge or in any other manner make known to the Company during Executive’s performance of services. Executive also agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, costs, expenses, damages, claims or demands for any violation of the rights of others as it relates to Executive’s misappropriation of secrets, confidential information, or “know-how” of others. Such indemnification will not apply in the event action by the Company is unsuccessful.

12. Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify Executive in his capacity as director, officer and employee of the Company upon terms no less favorable to him than are contained under Article 7 of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, and Article VI of the Bylaws of the Company, as in effect on the date hereof. The Company shall extend to Executive the benefits of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance upon terms no less favorable than are extended to any other director or officer of the Company. Upon execution, the Company and Executive shall enter into an Indemnification Agreement in form and substance acceptable to Executive providing for the indemnification contemplated hereby.

13. Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be deemed given when so delivered or mailed, to a party at his or its address as follows (or at such other address as a party may designate by notice given hereunder):

If to Executive:	Craig D. Hardy
	1813 Savoie Way
	Modesto, CA 95356

With a copy to:	_______________________
	_______________________
	_______________________
	_______________________

If to the Company:	ECO₂ Plastics, Inc.
	680 Second Street, Suite 200
	San Francisco, CA 94107

With a copy to:	David M. Otto
	The Otto Law Group, PLLC
	601 Union St., Suite 4500
	Seattle, WA 98101

14. Suit, Jurisdiction. Any controversy between the Company and Executive arising out of or relating to any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the American Arbitration Association’s National Arbitration Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. On the written request of either party for arbitration of such a claim pursuant to this paragraph, the Company and Executive shall both be deemed to have waived the right to litigate the claim in any federal or state court. To the extent that any claim or controversy arising out of this Agreement cannot be submitted to arbitration as set forth above, each party hereby agrees that any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, and any transactions relating hereto, may be brought in the State of California, County of San Francisco, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction of such Court(s) for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the parties hereby waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding; any claim that it (he) is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named Court(s); and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or any replacements hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such Court(s). The Company shall pay any and all costs associated with arbitration or court adjudication.

15. Miscellaneous.

15.1. Post Termination Obligations. Notwithstanding the termination of Executive’s employment hereunder, the provision(s) of Section(s) “3.6(e),” “5,” “6,” “7,” “9,” “10,” “12” and “14” shall survive the Termination Date.

15.2. Assignment. This Agreement shall be assigned to and inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, any successor to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company as a going concern, whether by merger, consolidation, liquidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company or otherwise. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place; and, as used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise; provided that for purposes of Section 8 hereof, the term “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any such transaction in which this Agreement is assigned to a successor may not expand or enlarge the scope of restrictions applicable to Executive pursuant to Section 9 hereof. Executive understands and agrees, however, that this Agreement is exclusive and personal to him only, and, as such, he will neither assign nor subcontract all or part of his undertaking(s) or obligation(s) under the terms of this Agreement.

15.3. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be determined to be unenforceable or otherwise invalid, the balance of the provision(s) shall be deemed to be enforceable and valid; it being understood that all provision(s) of this Agreement are deemed to be severable, so that unenforceability or invalidity of any single provision will not affect the remaining provision(s).

15.4. Headings. The Section(s) and paragraph heading(s) in this Agreement are deemed to be for convenience only, and shall not be deemed to alter or affect any provision herein.

15.5. Interpretation of Agreement. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance plain meaning of its terms and under the laws of the State of California. Each party has cooperated in the drafting of this Agreement. Therefore, in the construction of this Agreement, the Agreement shall not be interpreted for or against any party by virtue of having drafted the Agreement and any such principle of interpretation shall be construed in a neutral manner.

15.6. Variation. Subject to Section 15.8, any changes in the Sections relating to salary, bonus, or other material condition(s) after the Effective Date of this Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute a new Agreement. All unchanged terms are to remain in force and effect.

15.7. Collateral Documents. Each party hereto shall make, execute and deliver such other instrument(s) or document(s) as may be reasonably required in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.

15.8. Non-Impairment. This Agreement may not be amended or supplemented at any time unless reduced to a writing executed by each party hereto. No amendment, supplement or termination of this Agreement shall affect or impair any of the rights or obligations which may have matured thereunder.

15.9. Execution. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterpart(s), and each executed counterpart(s) shall be considered by the Parties as an original.

15.10. Legal Counsel. Executive represents to the Company that he has retained legal counsel of his own choosing, and was given sufficient opportunity to obtain legal counsel prior to executing this Agreement. Executive also represents that he has read each provision of this Agreement and understands its meaning.

15.11. Transition. In the event that Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, Executive shall, through the last day of employment, and at the Company’s request, use Executive’s reasonable efforts (at the Company’s expense) to assist the Company in transitioning Executive’s duties and responsibility responsibilities to Executive’s successor and maintaining the Company’s professional relationship with all customers, suppliers, etc. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Executive shall cooperate and assist the Company, at the Company’s direction and instruction, during the transition period between any receipt of or giving of notice of the termination of employment and the final day of employment.

15.12. Section 409A Matters. It is the intention of the Parties that no payment or entitlement pursuant to this Agreement will give rise to any adverse tax consequences to the Executive under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 409A (“409A”). The Agreement shall be interpreted to that end and, consistent with that objective and notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall indemnify Executive from any adverse tax consequences, penalties and/or interest thereon that may arise under 409A, and the Company may unilaterally take any action it deems necessary or desirable to amend any provision herein to avoid the application of 409A if such action will only benefit the Executive. Should either party determine that there is a reasonable possibility that the text of this Agreement could give rise to such adverse tax consequences, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith to amend the Agreement to obviate the possibility of such consequences.

If, at any time, the Company (or its direct or indirect parent) has a class of stock that is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise, the Company shall from time to time compile a list of “Specified Employees” as defined in, and pursuant to, Prop. Reg. Sec. 1.409A-1(i) or any successor regulation. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the Executive is a Specified Employee on the date of his termination of employment, no payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be made to the Executive during the period lasting six months from the date of his termination of employment unless the Executive determines that there is no reasonable basis for believing that making such payment would cause the Executive to suffer any adverse tax consequences pursuant to 409A. If any payment to the Executive is delayed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, such payment instead shall be made on the first business day following the expiration of the six (6) month period referred to in the prior sentence.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

THE COMPANY:

ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC.

By:
Rodney S. Rougelot
Its: Chief Executive Officer Date: August 10, 2007

EXECUTIVE:

CRAIG D. HARDY

Craig D. Hardy
Date: August 10, 2007

Exhibit A

Restricted Stock Agreement

This Restricted Stock Agreement dated as of August 10, 2007 (“Agreement”) is made by and between ECO₂ Plastics, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), and Craig D. Hardy (“Executive”) (referred to collectively herein as the “Parties”).

RECITALS

A.	The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has authorized and approved the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock to Stockholder subject to the restrictions set forth herein and pursuant to the terms hereof.

The shares provided for in this Agreement are to be issued pursuant to and in connection with Stockholder’s Employment Agreement with the Company dated as of August 10, 2007 (the “Employment Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them in the Employment Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits hereinafter provided, and each intending to be legally bound, the Company and Director hereby agree as follows:

2. Issuance of Shares.Subject to the restrictions, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to a combination of (x) restricted grants of common stock, $0.001 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company and (y) a common stock purchase warrant to acquire Common Stock of the Company, a form of warrant is attached to the Employment Agreement as Exhibit B, exercisable over a period of four (4) years after grant with respect to shares of Common Stock, in the aggregate covering five million (5,000,000) shares (collectively, the “Executive Shares”). As used in this Agreement, the term “Shares,” “Common Stock” and “Executive Shares” refers to the Shares issued hereunder and includes all securities received (i) in replacement of the Shares, (ii) as a result of stock dividends or stock splits in respect of the Shares, and (iii) in replacement of the Shares in a recapitalization, merger, reorganization or the like.

The market price of the stock at close of market on the day preceding the Effective Date will determine the fair market value per share (the “Market Value”) of Common Stock issuable to Executive under this Agreement and Section 3.6 of the Employment Agreement, at the respective dates of issuance of the Executive Shares (as those terms are defined below). As soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement and the Employment Agreement, the Company shall issue and deliver to Executive the following equity awards based upon the following vesting schedule:

(i) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest immediately upon issuance;

(ii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest on the first anniversary of Effective Date;

(iii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

(iv) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

3. Delivery.

2.1 Deliveries by Stockholder. Stockholder hereby delivers to the Company (i) this Agreement; and (ii) four (4) copies of a blank Stock Power and Assignment of Uncertificated Securities in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Stock Powers”), all of which are executed by Stockholder (and Stockholder’s spouse or domestic partner, if any).

2.2 Deliveries by the Company. Upon its receipt of all of the documents to be executed and delivered by Stockholder to the Company under Section 2.1, the Company will issue the Shares in the name of Stockholder on the books and records of the Company and send to Stockholder any notice required by the Delaware General Corporation Law for the issuance of uncertificated shares. At such time as the Shares become Vested Shares (as defined below), the Company shall issue certificates representing such Shares.

3. Repurchase and Vesting.

3.1 Repurchase Right for Unvested Shares. Unless otherwise stated below, as of the Effective Date, all of the Shares are “Unvested Shares” and shall be restricted and based on the following vesting schedule (shares that have vested are referred to herein as “Vested Shares”):

(i) An aggregate of five million (5,000,000) shares shall vest on the following schedule (i) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest immediately upon issuance; (ii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares of Common Stock shall vest on the first anniversary of Effective Date; (iii) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and (iv) one million two hundred fifty thousand (1,250,000) shares shall vest on the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

3.2 Adjustments. The number of Shares that are Vested Shares or Unvested Shares will be equitably adjusted for any stock split, combination, stock dividend, merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, or any other change in corporate structure or other transaction not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company occurring after the Effective Date.

4. Accelerated Vesting. Stockholder’s Unvested Shares shall immediately vest upon the occurrence of a Change-of-Control.

5. Restricted Securities. Stockholder acknowledges and understands that Stockholder may not transfer any Shares unless such Shares are registered under the Securities Act and qualified under applicable state securities laws or unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, exemptions from such registration and qualification requirements are available. Stockholder understands that only the Company may file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and that the Company is obligated under the Employment Agreement to do so.

6. Restrictions on Transfers. Stockholder agrees not to voluntarily transfer, assign, grant a lien or security interest in, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of (collectively, a “Transfer”) any of the Unvested Shares.

7. Rights as Stockholder; Proxy. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Stockholder will have all of the rights of a holder of Common Stock with respect to the Shares from and after the date that Stockholder delivers an executed copy of this Agreement until such time as Stockholder Transfers the Shares or they are repurchased by the Company. All Unvested Shares shall be subject to an irrevocable proxy in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto exercisable by the Board of Directors of the Company (with Stockholder abstaining) until such time as the shares become Vested Shares.

8. Tax Consequences. STOCKHOLDER UNDERSTANDS THAT STOCKHOLDER MAY SUFFER ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF STOCKHOLDER’S ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF THE SHARES. Stockholder hereby acknowledges that Stockholder has been informed that, unless an election is filed by the Stockholder with the Internal Revenue Service (and, if necessary, the proper state taxing authorities) within 30 days of the acquisition of the Shares, electing pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code (and similar state tax provisions, if applicable) to be taxed currently on the fair market value on the date of acquisition of the Shares, there will be a recognition of taxable income to the Stockholder equal to the fair market value of the Shares at the time they are considered transferable or no longer subject to substantial risk of forfeiture or repurchase for nominal consideration. Stockholder represents that he has consulted any tax adviser(s) that he deems advisable in connection with his acquisition of the Shares and the filing of the election under Section 83(b) and similar tax provisions. A form of Election under Section 83(b) is attached hereto as Exhibit C for reference. STOCKHOLDER HEREBY ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR FILING OR NOT FILING SUCH ELECTION AND PAYING ANY TAXES RESULTING FROM FILING OR FAILING TO FILE SUCH ELECTION.

9. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The issuance and transfer of the Shares will be subject to and conditioned upon compliance by the Company and Stockholder with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations and with all applicable requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities may be listed or quoted at the time of such issuance or transfer.

10. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth, this Agreement will be binding upon Stockholder and Stockholder’s heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of its terms and under the laws of the State of California. Any controversy between the Company and Stockholder arising out of or relating to any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the American Arbitration Association’s National Arbitration Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes. On the written request of either party for arbitration of such a claim pursuant to this paragraph, the Company and Stockholder shall both be deemed to have waived the right to litigate the claim in any federal or state court. To the extent that any claim or controversy arising out of this Agreement cannot be submitted to arbitration as set forth above, each party hereby agrees that any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, and any transactions relating hereto, may be brought in the State of California, County of San Francisco, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the jurisdiction of such Court(s) for the purpose of any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the parties hereby waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it (he) is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above-named Court(s), and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any claim that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or any replacements hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such Court(s). The Company shall pay any and all costs associated with arbitration or court adjudication.

12. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Company shall be in writing and addressed to the Corporate Secretary of the Company at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to Stockholder hereunder shall be in writing and addressed to Stockholder at the last address Stockholder provided to the Company. All notices shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery, three (3) days after deposit in the United States mail by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested), one (1) business day after its deposit with any return receipt express courier (prepaid), or on the business day that it is sent by fax to the fax number last provided by Stockholder to the Company, but only if (A) the receiving fax device immediately generates a message, printed by the sending fax device, that confirms receipt, and (B) receipt of the fax is confirmed by a telephone call between sender and recipient.

13. Further Instruments. The parties agree to execute such further instruments and to take such further action as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

14. Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement are included for ease of reference only and will be disregarded in interpreting or construing this Agreement. All references herein to Sections will refer to Sections of this Agreement.

15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the other agreements specifically referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties regarding the subject matter of this Agreement and such other agreements and supersede all prior and contemporaneous negotiations and agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and such other agreements.

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RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative and Stockholder has executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC.			STOCKHOLDER

By: Rodney S. Rougelot			Name: Craig D. Hardy
Its: Director and CEO

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit A: Stock Power and Assignment of Uncertificated Securities

Exhibit B: Irrevocable Proxy

Exhibit C: Election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code

EXHIBIT A

Stock Power and Assignment

of Uncertificated Securities

FOR VALUE RECEIVED and pursuant to that certain Restricted Stock Agreement dated as of _____________, 2007 (the “Agreement”), the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), _______________ uncertificated shares of the Common Stock of the Company, standing in the undersigned’s name on the books of the Company delivered herewith, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Secretary of the Company as the undersigned’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to transfer said stock on the books of the Company.


Dated: ______________________
		STOCKHOLDER

		(Signature)

		(Please Print Name)

		(Spouse’s or Domestic Partner’s Signature)

		(Please Print Spouse’s or Domestic Partner’s Name)

Instructions: Please do not fill in any blanks other than the signature line. The purpose of this Stock Power and Assignment of Uncertificated Securities is to enable the Company and/or its assignee(s) to acquire the shares upon repurchase by the Company as set forth in the Agreement without requiring additional signatures on the part of Stockholder or Stockholder’s Spouse or Domestic Partner.

EXHIBIT B

Irrevocable Proxy

THE UNDERSIGNED STOCKHOLDER, being the owner of _____________ shares of common stock (the “Stock”) of ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC. (the “Company”) does hereby grant to _____________ an irrevocable and unlimited proxy (the “Proxy”) and hereby appoints _____________ his attorney-in-fact to vote the Stock in connection with any shareholder meeting of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this proxy this _____________ day of _____________, 2007.


		STOCKHOLDER


		(Signature)

		(Please Print Name)

EXHIBIT C

Section 83(b) Election

The undersigned taxpayer hereby elects, pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, to include in gross income for the taxpayer’s current taxable year of the fair market value of the property described below at the time of transfer as compensation for services.

(1)	The taxpayer who performed the services to ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC. (the “Company”):

Name:

Address:

Social Security No.:

(2)	The property with respect to which the election is made is _____________ shares of the Common Stock (the “Shares”) of the “Company.

(3)	The property was transferred on __________________.

(4)	The taxable year for which the election is made is the calendar year _____.

(5)	The Shares are subject to the following restrictions: the shares are subject to vesting based upon continued service as an employee of the Company. The restrictions described herein are set forth in the Restricted Stock Agreement between the Company and taxpayer dated ________________.

(6)	The fair market value of a Share at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which by its terms will never lapse) was $____ per Share.

(7)	No consideration was paid by the taxpayer for the Shares.

(8) A copy of this statement was furnished to the Company for whom taxpayer rendered the services underlying the transfer of such shares.

(9)	This statement is executed on ___________________.


Taxpayer			Spouse or Domestic Partner (if any)

This election must be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center with which the Stockholder files his or her federal income tax returns and must be filed within 30 days after the date of acquisition. This filing should be made by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The Stockholder must retain two copies of the completed form for filing with his or her federal and state tax returns for the current tax year and an additional copy for his or her records.

Exhibit B

WARRANT

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”) OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THE TRANSFER THEREOF IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE ACT, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT

Warrant To Purchase _________ Shares of Common Stock

ECO₂ PLASTICS, INC.

(f.k.a., Itec Environmental Group, Inc.)

Date of Issuance: _____________

No. _____

THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, Craig D. Hardy, or his/her/its assigns (in either case, the “Holder”) is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from ECO₂ Plastics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the price per share set forth in Section 8 hereof, that number of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) set forth in Section 7 hereof. This Warrant is referred to herein as the “Warrant” and the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms hereof are sometimes referred to herein as “Warrant Shares.”

1. Holder Exercise of Warrant. This Warrant shall only be exercisable in whole. To exercise this Warrant in whole, the Holder shall deliver to the Company at its principal office, (a) a written notice, in substantially the form of the exercise notice attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), of the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased and (b) this Warrant. The Company shall as promptly as practicable, and in any event within twenty (20) days after delivery to the Company of (i) the Exercise Notice, (ii) and this Warrant, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, in accordance with such notice, a certificate or certificates representing the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock specified in such notice, provided this Warrant has vested on or prior to the date such notice is delivered. Each certificate representing Warrant Shares shall bear the legend or legends required by applicable securities laws as well as such other legend(s) the Company requires to be included on certificates for its Common Stock. The Company shall pay all expenses and other charges payable in connection with the preparation, issuance and delivery of such stock certificates except that, in case such stock certificates shall be registered in a name or names other than the name of the Holder, funds sufficient to pay all stock transfer taxes that are payable upon the issuance of such stock certificate or certificates shall be paid by the Holder at the time of delivering the Exercise Notice. All shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

The Warrant shall expire on ___________ (the “Expiration Date”). The Investor may exercise the warrant at any time prior to the Expiration Date. The Company has no restriction on the sale or transfer of the Warrant or Warrant Shares; however, the Investor is required to comply with all state and U.S. laws and regulations relating to security sales and transfers.

2. Reservation of Shares. The Company hereby covenants that at all times during the term of this Warrant there shall be reserved for issuance such number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be required to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant.

3. Fractional Shares. This Warrant may be exercised only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock, and no fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.

4. Transfer of Warrant and Warrant Shares. The Holder may sell, pledge, hypothecate, or otherwise transfer this Warrant, in whole, in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Warrant and then only if such sale, pledge, hypothecation, or transfer is made in compliance with the Act or pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Act relating to the disposition of securities.

5. Loss of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, or destruction of this Warrant, and of indemnification satisfactory to it, or upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will execute and deliver a new warrant of like tenor.

6. Rights of the Holder. No provision of this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote, consent, receive dividends or receive notice other than as expressly provided herein. Prior to exercise, no provision hereof, in the absence of affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the holder for the purchase price of any warrant shares or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

7. Number of Warrant Shares. This Warrant shall be exercisable for __________ shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with this Agreement.

8. Exercise Price; Adjustment of Warrants.

a. Determination of Exercise Price. The per share purchase price (the “Exercise Price”) for each of the Warrant Shares purchasable under this Warrant shall be equal to $_____.

b. Net Issue Exercise. In lieu of exercising this Warrant, the Holder may elect to receive Shares equal to the value of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being canceled) by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of such election, in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of Shares computed using the following formula:

X = Y (A-B)

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Where X = the number of the Shares to be issued to the Holder.

Y = the number of the Shares purchasable under this Warrant.

A = the fair market value of one Share on the date of determination.

B = the per share Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

Fair Market Value. For purposes of this section, the per share fair market value of the Shares shall mean:

(i) If the Company's Common Stock is publicly traded, the per share fair market value of the Shares shall be the average of the closing prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is listed, or if not so listed then the fair market value shall be the average of the closing bid prices of the Common Stock as published in The Wall Street Journal, in each case for the fifteen (15) trading days ending five (5) trading days prior to the date of determination of fair market value;

(ii) If the Company's Common Stock is not so publicly traded, the per share fair market value of the Shares shall be such fair market value as is determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company after taking into consideration factors it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, recent sale and offer prices of the capital stock of the Company in private transactions negotiated at arm's length.

c. Adjustment for Mergers or Reorganization, etc. In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation or the conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation, this Warrant shall be exercisable into the number of shares of stock or other securities or property to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled upon such consolidation, merger or conveyance; and, in any such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) shall be made in the application of the provisions herein set forth with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the holder of this Warrant, to the end that the provisions set forth herein shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonable may be, in relation to any shares of stock or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant.

d. NO IMPAIRMENT. THE COMPANY WILL NOT, THROUGH ANY REORGANIZATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, DISSOLUTION, ISSUE OR SALE OF SECURITIES OR ANY OTHER VOLUNTARY ACTION, AVOID OR SEEK TO AVOID THE OBSERVANCE OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE TERMS TO BE OBSERVED OR PERFORMED HEREUNDER BY THE COMPANY, BUT WILL AT ALL TIMES IN GOOD FAITH ASSIST IN THE CARRYING OUT OF ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND IN THE TAKING OF ALL SUCH ACTION AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE EXERCISE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDER OF THIS WARRANT AGAINST IMPAIRMENT.

e. Issue Taxes. The Company shall pay issue taxes that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on exercise of this Warrant, in whole; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by any holder in connection with any such exercise.

f. Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of common stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant, such number of its shares of common stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of common stock shall not be sufficient to effect the exercise of this Warrant, the Company will take all appropriate corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of common stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purpose.

g. Adjustment. The Exercise Price shall be adjusted downward in the event the Company issues common stock (or securities exercisable for or convertible into or exchangeable for common stock) at a price below the Exercise Price, to a price equal to such issue price.

9. Certain Distributions. In case the Company shall, at any time, prior to the Expiration Date, declare any distribution of its assets to holders of its common stock as a partial liquidation, distribution or by way of return of capital, other than as a dividend payable out of earnings or any surplus legally available for dividends, then the Holder shall be entitled, upon the proper exercise of this Warrant in whole prior to the effecting of such declaration, to receive, in addition to the shares of common stock issuable on such exercise, the amount of such assets (or at the option of the Company a sum equal to the value thereof at the time of such distribution to holders of common stock as such value is determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith), which would have been payable to the Holder had it been a holder of record of such shares of common stock on the record date for the determination of those holders of Common Stock entitled to such distribution.

10. Dissolution or Liquidation. In case the Company shall, at any time prior to the Expiration Date, dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs, the Holder shall be entitled, upon the proper exercise of this Warrant in whole and prior to any distribution associated with such dissolution, liquidation, or winding up, to receive on such exercise, in lieu of the shares of Common Stock to which the Holder would have been entitled, the same kind and amount of assets as would have been distributed or paid to the Holder upon any such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, with respect to such shares of Common Stock had the Holder been a holder of record of such share of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of those holders of Common Stock entitled to receive any such dissolution, liquidation, or winding up distribution.

11. Reclassification or Reorganization. In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization or other change of outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of an issuance of common stock by way of dividend or other distribution or of a subdivision or combination), the Company shall cause effective provision to be made so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter by exercising this Warrant, to purchase the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and PROPERTY RECEIVABLE UPON SUCH RECLASSIFICATION, CAPITAL REORGANIZATION OR OTHER CHANGE, BY A HOLDER OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO SUCH RECLASSIFICATION OR CHANGE. ANY SUCH PROVISION SHALL INCLUDE PROVISION FOR ADJUSTMENTS WHICH SHALL BE AS NEARLY EQUIVALENT AS MAY BE PRACTICABLE TO THE ADJUSTMENTS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS WARRANT. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 12 SHALL SIMILARLY APPLY TO SUCCESSIVE RECLASSIFICATIONS, CAPITAL REORGANIZATIONS AND CHANGES OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. IN THE EVENT THAT IN ANY SUCH CAPITAL REORGANIZATION, RECLASSIFICATION, OR OTHER CHANGE, ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK SHALL BE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE, CONVERSION, SUBSTITUTION OR PAYMENT, IN WHOLE, FOR OR OF A SECURITY OF THE COMPANY OTHER THAN COMMON STOCK, ANY AMOUNT OF THE CONSIDERATION RECEIVED UPON THE ISSUE THEREOF BEING DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE FINAL AND BINDING ON THE HOLDER.

12. Miscellaneous.

a. Successors and Assigns. The terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the respective successors and assigns of the parties, except to the extent otherwise provided herein. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

b. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof.

c. Counterparts; Delivery by Facsimile. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of this Agreement may be effected by facsimile.

d. Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

e. Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given by personal service upon the party to be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested and: (i) if to the Company, addressed to ECO₂ Plastics, Inc., 680 Second Street, Suite 200 San Francisco, California 94107, or at such other address as the Company may designate by notice to each of the Investors in accordance with the provisions of this Section; and (ii) if to the Warrant holder, at the address indicated on the signature page hereof, or at such other addresses as such Holder may designate by notice to the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

f. Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either prospectively or retroactively), only with the written consent of the Company and a majority in interest of the Holders.

g. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Memorandum (including the appendices and schedules thereto) by and between the Company and the Holder, constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby sets is hand and seal this ___ day of ___________, 2007.

ECO₂ Plastics, Inc.

By:
Name: Rodney Rougelot
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Investor Name:

Investor Address:

EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

(To be signed only upon exercise of the Warrant)

To: ECO₂ Plastics, Inc.

The undersigned, hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase rights represented by the Warrant granted to the undersigned on ______________ and to purchase thereunder __________* shares of Common Stock of ECO₂ Plastics, Inc. (the “Company”).

Dated: ________________

		(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

		(Please Print Name)

		(Address)

* Insert here the number of shares being exercised, without making any adjustment for additional Common Stock of the Company, other securities or property which, pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Warrant, may be deliverable upon exercise.