US Ecology Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.18 per Share

BOISE, ID--(Marketwire - Jul 2, 2012) - US Ecology, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: ECOL) today declared that stockholders of record on July 13, 2012 will receive a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share, payable on July 20, 2012.

The Company currently has 18.3 million shares outstanding and estimates that approximately $3.3 million in cash will be paid out for the declared quarterly dividend.

About US Ecology, Inc.
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.