AJAX, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2017) - Environmental Waste International Inc. ("EWS") EWS (the "Company"), a company specializing in eco-friendly systems with proven patented technology for the breakdown of organic materials, today announced the appointment of Bob MacBean (CPA, CMA, MBA, BASc., P.Eng.) as interim Chief Financial Officer subject to TSXV approval, in addition to his role as CEO. Karen Rutenberg (CPA, CA), who has worked with EWS for over four years, will step down as CFO effective August 24^th. She will resume her previous role of providing consulting services to the Company. Ms. Rutenberg has over 20 years of experience with public companies, and a broad range of knowledge in financial management, accounting and TSXV compliance. She will continue to take a lead role in the interim and year end public company filings as well as audit and taxation matters. EWS has engaged DSA Corporate Services Inc. to manage all of its regulatory and corporate filings, minute books, and act as Corporate Secretary.

The Board has asked Bob MacBean to continue to direct the majority of his efforts to business development and operations.

About Environmental Waste International Inc.

Environmental Waste International, Inc. specializes in eco-friendly systems for the breakdown of organic materials, including tires. EWS has spent over 15 years engineering systems that integrate the EWS patented Reverse Polymerization™ process and proprietary microwave delivery system. EWS's unique microwave technology safely processes and recycles waste tires, while creating highly valuable commodity outputs for industry, including carbon black, oil and steel. Each unit is designed to be energy efficient and where possible, create an economically positive model for the recovery of various hydrocarbon oil and gases. For more information please visit, www.ewi.ca.

Forward-Looking Statements

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