Bennett Environmental Announces Maintenance Shutdown

OAKVILLE, ON, Sept. 23  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bennett Environmental Inc. announced today that it will take a maintenance shutdown at Recupere Sol Inc. ("RSI"), Saint Ambroise, Quebec.

The shutdown will begin on September 24, 2005 and will last approximately three weeks. During that time RSI will undertake routine maintenance that can only take place when the plant is not operating.

Al Bulckaert, Bennett's President and CEO remarked that he is "quite pleased with the work that RSI has done over the past quarter, in fact, the plant has been operating for 117 days, this is the first time the plant has operated for over 100 consecutive days since its commissioning." Mr. Bulckaert offered his thanks and congratulations to all members of the RSI team for meeting this new milestone.

During the current quarter RSI has processed approximately 15,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and has 8,000 tonnes in storage.

About Bennett Environmental Inc.

Bennett Environmental Inc. is a North American leader in high temperature treatment services for the remediation of contaminated soil and has provided thermal solutions to contamination problems throughout Canada and the US. Bennett Environmental's technology provides for the safe, economical and permanent solution to contaminated soil. Independent testing has consistently proven that the technology operates well within the most stringent criteria in North America.

Bennett Environmental is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol "BEV") and the American Stock Exchange (Trading Symbol "BEL"). 

DATASOURCE: Bennett Environmental Inc.



CONTACT: please visit the Bennett Environmental website at

http://www.bennettenv.com/, or contact Al Bulckaert, President/CEO or Andy Boulanger,

CFO at the Oakville office at [phone]

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