US Ecology, Inc. (ECOL) CEO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Dec. 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

US Ecology, Inc. (ECOL), a leading provider of industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities that will celebrate 60 years of operations in 2012, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square on December 8, 2011. Chief Executive Officer, James Baumgardner, will preside over the Opening Bell Ceremony and will be joined by members of the Board of Directors and other Company executives.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Thursday, December 8^th, 2011 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET      

Contact:

Alison Ziegler
Cameron Associates
(212) 554-5469
alison@cameronassoc.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at:

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About US Ecology, Inc. (ECOL):

US Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, hazardous, PCB and non-hazardous industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities, such as refineries and chemical production facilities, manufacturers, electric utilities, steel mills, medical and academic institutions and waste brokers. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the Company is one of the oldest radioactive and hazardous waste services companies in the North America.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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