AJAX, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jun 30, 2015) - Environmental Waste International Inc. ("EWI") (TSX VENTURE:EWS) (the "Company"), a company specializing in eco-friendly systems with proven patented technology for the breakdown of organic materials, today announced the results from its Annual and Special Shareholders' Meeting held on June 29, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario.

The following proposals were approved during the meeting.

  1. All of management's nominees for the Company's Board of Directors, Sam Geist, Emanuel Gerard, Bob Guo, Bob MacBean, Valdis Martinsons, and Thomas Russell, were elected;

  2. Ernst & Young, LLP, were re-appointed as the Company's auditors and the directors were authorized to fix the auditors remuneration;

  3. The shareholders confirmed and ratified the existing 10% rolling stock option plan. Under the plan, a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares at the time of the grant are authorized to be issued;

The Company also issued 1,600,000 stock options to the Board of Directors (750,000 to Emanuel Gerard, 225,000 each to Sam Geist and Valdis Martinsons, 150,000 each to Bob MacBean and Thomas Russell, and 100,000 to Bob Guo) all with an exercise price of $0.10. Employees were issued 880,000 options with an exercise price of $0.10. All options vest over 3 years and expire on June 28, 2020.

About Environmental Waste International Inc.

Environmental Waste International, Inc. specializes in eco-friendly systems for the breakdown of organic materials such as tires. EWI has spent over fifteen years engineering systems that integrate the EWI patented Reverse Polymerization™ process and proprietary microwave delivery system. EWI's unique microwave technology safely processes and recycles waste tires, while creating a highly valuable commodity output for the 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 gasses. For more information please visit, www.ewi.ca.

Forward-Looking Statements

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