Bennett Environmental Appoints New Executive Officer.

OAKVILLE, Ontario -- New Organization Changes Made to Strengthen Sales Team

Bennett Environmental Inc. (AMEX:BEL) (TSX:BEV), a North American leader in the thermal treatment of contaminated soil, announced today that it has appointed a new Chief Financial Officer and made Sales organization changes to strengthen the sales team.

Bennett Environmental Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Andrew Boulanger has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boulanger is a seasoned professional with a well-rounded background of financial experience. Prior to joining Bennett Environmental, he was Chief Financial Officer of Allied Global Holdings Inc., a privately held financial services company and has held several finance leadership positions with Slater Steel and Co-Steel. Mr. Boulanger is a Chartered Accountant and brings with him a wealth of experience in financial and strategic planning, operations, treasury and investor relations. Andrew succeeds Rick Stern, who is leaving to pursue other interests.

"We are pleased to have a person of Andrew's caliber join our management team", stated Allan Bulckaert, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bennett Environmental Inc. "Andrew brings the exact skills required to help guide our company as we significantly expand our business with the addition of a new facility in Belledune, New Brunswick." Mr. Bulckaert added, "I would like to thank Rick for his significant contribution to our company and the leadership he has provided in his financial role."

Other organizational changes announced today are that Mr. Bryan Maskell has been promoted to Vice-President, North American Sales and will be responsible for the Company's sales efforts throughout North America. Previously Mr. Maskell was Vice-President, Canadian Sales. He has over 20 years of successful senior level sales experience in the waste management business in North America. Mr. Bulckaert said, "we are restructuring our sales organization to put more focus on building relationships with key customers and leveraging other sales partnership arrangements to increase our sales particularly in the US. We look forward to having Bryan lead the sales team in these new initiatives."

In addition, two sales executives have been added to the US sales organization. Mr. Jim Dilts will lead our sales initiatives in the US Central East region and Mr. Bill Eaton will be responsible for sales in the US North East. Both are seasoned senior sales executives and each has over 15 years sales experience in the soil and waste management business in the US market. Mr. Dilts and Mr. Eaton will be based in Virginia and Massachusetts respectively.

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 proprietary 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"). For information, please visit the Bennett Environmental website at www.bennettenv.com.