06Mar2024

MEDIA RELEASE: SWANA HONOURS JEAN LUCAS WITH WASTE CONVERSION & ENERGY RECOVERY TRAILBLAZER DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

March 6, 2024 Sarah W 106

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March 6^th, 2024 — Eco Waste Solutions is excited to announce that Jean Lucas, President & CEO, has been awarded The Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) first-ever Waste Conversion & Energy Recovery (WCER), Trailblazer Distinguished Individual Achievement Award!

This award recognizes Lucas for her outstanding service to the WCER Technical Division, her unwavering commitment to the SWANA mission, and her remarkable contributions to the waste conversion and energy recovery industry.

“This recognition is a testament to our members’ commitment to excellence and innovation in the waste management industry. Your dedication exemplifies SWANA’s goal of driving progress in our industry. Your achievements inspire us, and we are proud to honor your contributions. Congratulation on this well-deserved honor,” said SWANA President Art Mercer.

“We have always aligned with SWANA’s mission to promote education, advocacy and research within the solid waste management industry,” says Lucas. “To be the first person to receive this award is a great honour.”

Jean Lucas will be officially recognized during SWANA’s annual SOAR conference on April 16^th, 2024, where her achievements and trailblazing contributions will be celebrated. For more information on this award announcement you can view the full SWANA Press Release here.

For media inquiries please contact:

Daniela Failla

905-634-7022

info@ecosolutions.com

02Dec2019

Eco Waste Chair Jean Lucas in Financial Post

December 2, 2019 Sarah W 99

Jean Lucas, one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

You can read more about why Eco Waste President Jean Lucas was selected as one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network in the Financial Post.

She’s also been featured in Canadian Biomass Magazine, on the WXN website, and as part of the Financial Post’s piece on the CP Industry Sector & Trades Awards, which is a new category reflecting the strides women have been making in a whole host of traditionally ‘male’ industries. You’ll find her in Exchange Magazine as well.

And of course we’re looking forward to her full-page spot in the Financial Post Magazine.

Special thanks to artist Erin McGean for the beautiful piece used in the ad. You can find Erin on Instagram and on Twitter at @lifewithart_ . (The Instagram feed is definitely worth checking out!)

19Nov2019

MEDIA RELEASE: Eco Waste Solutions President & CEO named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

November 19, 2019 Sarah W 99

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Jean Lucas named one of Women’s Executive Network 2019 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO (November 21, 2019) – Eco Waste Solutions is excited to announce that Jean Lucas, President & CEO, has been named a Women’s Executive Network (WXN) 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner, presented by KPMG.

The list of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women was released today, celebrating the outstanding women across Canada who advocate for diversity in the workforce and inspire the next generation of leaders across the country.

“We’ve long appreciated the WXN’s work in highlighting the role of female leaders in Canadian business,” says Lucas,. “It’s a great honour to be recognized as someone who’s helping to drive that mission forward.”

Lucas has been a champion of women in historically male-dominated fields for more than two decades. “As a technology company working with engineers and trades across multiple industries including military and mining, I am acutely aware that I am often the only woman in the room, particularly at the most senior levels,” she says. “When you’re trying to effect big change, you need all the brainpower you can gather, and leaving women out of the conversation just seems like a missed opportunity to me.”

Co-founder of Women in Mining Canada, a national non-profit organization designed to attract, retain and advance women to senior levels in the mining industry, Lucas now heads an all-female executive leadership team at Eco Waste. “What’s most gratifying to me is that all of these women have been with Eco Waste for 10 years or more. We didn’t set out a mandate to hire women only or establish a quota,” she says. “We simply created an environment where everyone was given an equal opportunity to excel, and these women rose to the challenge.”

Past award winners includes Canada’s most iconic women trailblazers: Margaret Atwood, best-selling author, Dr. Roberta Bondar, astronaut, Arlene Dickinson, chief executive officer, Venture Communications, Christine Magee, president, Sleep Country Canada, Michaëlle Jean, former governor general of Canada, Heather Reisman, founder and CEO, Indigo Books & Music, and Kathleen Taylor, chair of the board, Royal Bank of Canada.

What’s next for Lucas? “I’m thrilled to be included in this list. Some of the past winners are women I’ve admired and whose careers I’ve followed since I was a teenager, and the other women named this year are doing some really groundbreaking work,” she says. “But it’s also a reminder that there is still work to be done when it comes to realizing the potential of female leadership, in Canada and around the world. I’m looking forward to using my influence to mentor and support the next generation.”

For a full list of winners, please visit https://wxnetwork.com/wxn/top100winners/.

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About Eco Waste Solutions

Eco Waste Solutions is a women-led, award-winning, Canadian clean-tech company focused on developing and deploying innovation on proven platforms. Our sustainable localized waste treatment solutions reduce waste by over 90% and support climate change initiatives by avoiding the methane cycle and reducing the carbon footprint of waste transport. Our technology includes containerized systems that can go anywhere in the world and be up and running within hours, to community-sized energy from waste plants that deliver steam and power in a decentralized, low-impact, modular format.

Media requiring more information, please contact:

Sarah Welstead

416.809.7829
sarah@stayawake.tv

About the Women’s Executive Network (WXN)

Women’s Executive Network (WXN), a member-based organization, exists for the advancement, development and recognition of professional women in Canada. WXN delivers this advancement through training, events, mentoring, networking, and award and recognition programs for members and partners. At WXN, equity, inclusion and the advancement of professional women make industry stronger and society better. Their passion is 100% centered on empowering women and creating positive social change. WXN currently operates in Canada and Ireland.

Media requiring more information, please contact:

Lee Deline

Director, Marketing & Communications, WXN

519-421-9556 ext. 216

03Mar2019

Becoming an Employer of Choice: What it means to us

March 3, 2019 Sarah W 78

Being recognized for having a great workplace is a good feeling

Late last year, we were excited to learn that we had won the Halton Employer of Choice Award.

The Halton EoC Awards are given to companies who excel in a number of categories:

Compensation and Benefits
Rewards and Recognition
Management/Employee Relations
Training and Development
Career Advancement
Employee Engagement
Environment and Facilities
Leadership
Reputation
Personal Enjoyment

The Metroland Media and EoC team recently visited our office for the awards ceremony, and asked our President, Jean Lucas, what it meant to win an award like this.

How does it feel to win the EoC Award?

It feels great! We’ve always tried to build a corporate culture that made employees look forward to coming to work every day and allowed them to do their best work, but it’s hard to know just how well you’ve succeeded in those efforts. Knowing that our employees speak so well about working here, even when their responses were completely anonymous and confidential, means that we’re on the right track – which is always nice to know.

It’s also been gratifying for all our staff: Though we’ve been around for 25 years, are recognized as industry leaders in our field, and have clients all over the world, we’re not a famous ‘name brand’ – it’s not like our friends and family are impressed by us the way they might about someone they know who works at, say, Google or Apple. Being able to say that we work at a company selected as an Employer of Choice is a nice boost that way.

What does this award mean to you?

Personally, what I mostly feel is pride – I’m just really proud of what our team has accomplished, especially in the last couple of years. I work with some really fantastic people, and I know how strong we are as a team, but there’s something special about being recognized by an unbiased third party.

How will the award change the way you work?

Well, we’re a competitive group, so I imagine that we’ll want to continue to do even better going forward – the data suggested that we need to do more to help our employees further their education and skills, so we’ll be spending some time on that.

But I’ve already seen how it’s changed the way we approach recruiting, especially new engineers. We’ve been growing fast in the past few months, which means we need to hire additional engineers to work on our cleantech systems – and we’re definitely making it clear that we’re an Employer of Choice in the region. I think it’s giving us an edge in a tight talent market.

Thanks to Metroland Media and the team!

03Nov2018

Eco Waste wins Halton Employer of Choice 2018!

November 3, 2018 Sarah W 83

Burlington's Eco Waste Solutions wins Employer of Choice 2018

We’re excited to announce that we have achieved the 2018 Halton Employer of Choice Award!

The Halton EoC Awards are given to companies who excel in a number of categories:

Compensation and Benefits
Rewards and Recognition
Management/Employee Relations
Training and Development
Career Advancement
Employee Engagement
Environment and Facilities
Leadership
Reputation
Personal Enjoyment

While head office submits a comprehensive application for the award, much of the scoring is based on how employees respond to a confidential survey. What makes this award particularly gratifying to us is that our employees confirmed that Eco Waste is in fact a great place to work.

The award ceremony isn’t until the new year, but in the meantime we wanted to share the news. 2018 has been a big one for us, and we’re looking forward to continued growth in 2019!

26Jun2014

Launch of Small Scale WTE Converter receives a boost from the Government of Canada

June 26, 2014 Sarah W 69

June 26, 2014 BURLINGTON, Ontario – Eco Waste Solutions (EWS), a manufacturer of thermal waste conversion and energy recovery technologies, is pleased to announce that it has received financial support from the National Research Council of Canada’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). NRC-IRAP is Canada’s premier innovation assistance program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

In addition to advisory services and technological expertise, the research funding received from NRC-IRAP will be applied to advance the development of the Eco Waste Solutions Technology: the Eco Waste Oxidizer. The development project will be centered on refining the Continuous Processing Waste Handling System that EWS has developed. The Continuous Feed (CF) design allows EWS to scale up the Eco Waste Oxidizer technology to address new markets. The project under development will process up to 2000 kg of waste per hour and can be scaled to 4000 kg per hour. Multiple trains can be linked to meet the waste disposal needs of a small city with a population of more than 100,000 people – a city the size of Thunder Bay.

This expanded capability is driving the company’s movement into the small scale waste-to-energy (WTE) market. Steve Meldrum, President & CEO of EWS, says “All communities want proven technologies but the established WTE players are focused strictly on large capacity facilities. We know that there are hundreds of communities with smaller populations in North America who need a WTE solution and don’t want to have to import garbage to make it feasible. With our new products we can address this gap in the marketplace.”

Company Information:

Eco Waste Solutions (EWS) is an award-winning, privately-held Canadian environmental technology company that custom engineers and manufactures proven, advanced thermal treatment technologies for solid and liquid waste. Since 1994 we have demonstrated leadership in design-quality, environmental integrity and excellent customer service. Unlike many emerging technologies still in development, the EWS systems are commercialized and proven to process waste reliably. Our technological innovations include 4G controls, containerized mobile incinerators and scalable, modular systems that can offer heat recovery in the form of hot water, steam and Energy-From-Waste. www.ecosolutions.com

For more information please contact:

Mr. Steve Meldrum

President & CEO

Eco Waste Solutions

(905) 634-7022

info@ecosolutions.com

13Nov2013

Eco Waste Solutions wins Technology Green 15TM Award

November 13, 2013 Sarah W 93

Burlington, November 13, 2013: Eco Waste Solutions today announced it is a named winner of the prestigious Deloitte Technology Green 15TM Award for developing technology solutions and intellectual property that promotes efficient use of the earth’s resources. The Deloitte Technology Green 15 Award recognizes winners that create technology solutions that reduce environmental impacts while improving operational performance and productivity.

“Deloitte’s Technology Green 15 companies make a positive impact on the environment with innovations that help reduce global warming, and save energy to preserve the environment,” said Richard Lee, Deloitte’s National Managing Partner, Technology, Media & Telecommunications. “They deserve to be recognized for their leadership in creating major breakthroughs in the field of clean technology.”

Eco Waste Solutions’ CEO Steve Meldrum, credits delivering only the most proven, practical, and environmentally sound solutions, with the company’s ability to achieve early success in this segment. Meldrum said “The waste technology space is filled with companies that are years away from producing anything that can be relied upon to solve the waste problems facing us now. Eco Waste Solutions is proud of the fact that our systems are making a positive impact in the world today. We are very honoured to be recognized for our achievements through this unique award for the second time.”

Eco Waste Solutions’ proprietary waste gasification-oxidation technology has a wide following due to its ability to process municipal solid waste, without complex pre-processing, and reduce the volume by over 90% to an inert residual that can be re-used. This practical, cost effective approach is combined with state of the art air pollution controls to meet the strictest global standards. The Eco Waste Oxidizer is also a fully commercialized platform for heat recovery and Energy from Waste.

About the Deloitte Technology Green 15TM – The Technology Green 15TM recognizes Canada’s leading GreenTech companies. GreenTech, the industry term for “green technologies”, is taking on greater importance in the world in general and the world of business in particular. It includes any technology that promotes a more efficient use and re-use of the earth’s resources in industrial production and consumption. GreenTech products and services are designed to reduce or eliminate environmental impacts and improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution. Although many companies within GreenTech industry sectors are very different, they share a common trait: all use new, innovative technology to create products and services that compete with existing products and services on price and performance while reducing impact on the environment.

About the Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM – The Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM program is Canada’s pre-eminent technology awards program. Celebrating business growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, the program features four distinct categories including the Technology Fast 50TM Ranking, Companies-to-Watch Awards (early-stage Canadian tech companies in business less than five years, with the potential to be a future Deloitte Technology Fast 50TM candidate,) Leadership Awards (companies that demonstrate technological leadership and innovation within the industry) and the Deloitte Technology Green 15TM Awards (Canada’s leading GreenTech companies that promote a more efficient use and re-use of the earth’s resources in industrial production and consumption.) Program sponsors include Deloitte, Bennett Jones and OMERS Ventures. For further information, visit www.fast50.ca.

About Eco Waste Solutions – Eco Waste Solutions (EWS) is an award-winning, privately-held Canadian environmental technology company that custom engineers and manufactures proven, advanced thermal treatment technologies for solid and liquid waste. Since 1994 we have demonstrated leadership in design-quality, environmental integrity and excellent customer service. Unlike many emerging technologies still in development, the EWS systems are fully commercialized and process waste reliably. Our technological innovations include 4G controls, containerized mobile incinerators and scalable, modular systems that can offer heat recovery in the form of hot water, steam, and Energy from Waste. www.ecosolutions.com

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Eco Waste Chair Jean Lucas in Financial Post

Jean Lucas, one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

MEDIA RELEASE: Eco Waste Solutions President & CEO named one of Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

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Jean Lucas named one of Women’s Executive Network 2019 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada

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Becoming an Employer of Choice: What it means to us

Being recognized for having a great workplace is a good feeling

Eco Waste wins Halton Employer of Choice 2018!

Launch of Small Scale WTE Converter receives a boost from the Government of Canada

Eco Waste Solutions wins Technology Green 15TM Award

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