Environmental Waste International Appoints New Director

AJAX, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 4, 2016) - Environmental Waste International Inc. ("EWS") (TSX VENTURE:EWS) (the "Company"), a company specializing in eco-friendly systems with proven patented technology for the breakdown of organic materials, today announced that Jian Guo (Bob) has resigned as a Director for personal reasons. The Company wishes to thank Bob for his service and wise counsel and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

As the Company is now focused on commercialization, it has appointed Glenn Myers as a director until the next Annual General Meeting. Mr Myers is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience in developing and implementing domestic and international sales and market penetration strategies. As founding partner of Corporate Partners International and Preston Willis Group he provides consulting services and hands on assistance to small and mid sized companies on new market entry, product launch and revenue growth. Prior to his current Consulting career he was senior executive of three technology companies where he built and managed the business and constructed successful exit strategies. He has been granted 150,000 options with an exercise price of $0.11 per share. The options will vest over three years and expire on May 4, 2021.

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.

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