Startech Environmental and UXB International Team for the Global Destruction Of Munitions

WILTON, Conn. (PROTEXT) - Startech Environmental Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: STHK), a fully reporting company, today announced the signing of a Strategic Alliance Agreement with UXB International, Inc., a private company, located in Ashburn, Virginia. UXB is one of the largest internationally recognized explosive ordnance disposal companies in the world. Unexploded Ordnance and Explosive Ordnance refers to munitions and weapons such as landmines, rockets, bomblets, mortars, propellants and Chemical Warfare Materiel found on military bases, firing and bombing ranges, and former war zones scattered throughout the world. Joseph S. Klimek, Startech Sr. V.P. and Chief Operating Officer, said, "The UXB Startech Alliance is a unique and formidable team selling our combined equipment and services to industrial and governmental markets throughout the world. We compliment each other perfectly; they will provide the expertise and the people; we will provide the Plasma Waste Converters (PWC) to safely destroy the munitions on-site. The team is already working on two prospective ordnance contracts off-shore." Long after the guns fall silent, people, especially children, continue to be maimed and killed and communities remain displaced. Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) present a serious problem of global proportions. Recent estimates indicate that nearly 70 million landmines contaminate lands in more than 60 countries. Vast tracts of land are unsafe for living and remain unavailable for productive use. Some progress has been made through the efforts of many national, international and non- governmental agencies that have worked with private and public organizations to eliminate the threat posed by these "Hidden Killers." UXB provides the people, licenses and total services to eliminate the hazards associated with the identification, recovery, transportation, storage, and disposal of Chemical Warfare Materiel, toxic industrial chemicals, and other extremely dangerous wastes. The Company has a proven track record performing successful recovery and remediation services on a variety of Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), on active and about-to-be-closed Department of Defense installations, and other government and private properties that still contain munitions and other hazardous materials. Many military installations designated for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), and lands controlled by federal agencies other than the Department of Defense contain large areas contaminated by dangerous unexploded and explosive munitions. Large water areas and vast tracts of land threatened by old munitions all over the world have to be completely cleaned-up before they can be returned for safe use by the community. Some of the munitions date back to the beginning of the Century. Richmond H. Dugger, III, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of UXB said, "The PWC, when properly applied, represents the total solution for a multitude of challenges in the life cycle of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), from the point of discovery and identification, forward. The PWC system, to be supplied and operated in this Alliance, is completely safe, environmentally friendly, cost effective, and fully compliant with all existing and proposed laws within the regulatory framework." Dr. Dugger also said, "Now we have exactly the right equipment at exactly the right time. UXB views this Strategic Alliance as a cornerstone in a revolutionary leap in advanced applied technology to the Unexploded Ordnance Industry." Startech is an environmental equipment company producing its Plasma Waste Converter systems (PWC)(TM) to remediate and safely process hazardous and non-hazardous wastes comprised of organic and inorganic solids, liquids and gases in its proprietary closed-loop recycling, non-incineration, dissociation process. The Startech process can also safely convert many hazardous and non-hazardous materials, previously regarded as wastes, into useful commercial products. Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements: Except for the statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to fund operations, the loss of market share, changes in consumer buying habits and other factors over which Startech Environmental Corporation has little or no control. ots Original Text Service: Startech Environmental Corp. Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Robert L. 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