8-K

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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

              Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):

                                February 19, 2008
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                             WASTE TECHNOLOGY CORP.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

                         Commission File Number 0-14443

            Delaware                                    13-2842053
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(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)


               5400 Rio Grande Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32254
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                     (Address of Principal Executive Office


                                 (904) 355-5558
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                         (Registrant's Telephone number)


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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
           Appointment of Principal Officers

     At a Board of Directors meeting held on February 19, 2008 the Board of
Directors named Mr. Roger Griffin as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Waste Technology Corporation effective February 19, 2008. Mr. Griffin joins the
Company with more than 14 years of manufacturing experience. He was most
recently Vice President of Operations at Shaefer Interstate Railing and before
that in management at Dana Corporation. Mr. Griffin replaces Mr. Greg
Kirkpatrick who was named acting President and CEO on September 17, 2007 and who
successfully fulfilled his responsibilities and duties with Waste Technology
Corporation.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)   Exhibits

99.1  Press Release dated February 20, 2008.




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused and authorized this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned.

Dated: February 19, 2008.

                                                Waste Technology Corp.


                                                By: /s/ William E. Nielsen
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                                                    William E. Nielsen,
                                                    Director and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer





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EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1
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For:       Waste Technology Corp.
           5400 Rio Grande Avenue
           Jacksonville, FL  32205

Contact:   Roger Griffin
           William Nielsen
           (904) 358-3812

                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Jacksonville, February 20, 2008 - - Waste Technology Corp. (OTC BULLETIN BOARD:
WTEK) Waste Technology Corporation named Mr. Roger Griffin President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Company.

Mr. Griffin joins Waste Technology Corporation and its manufacturing subsidiary,
International Baler Corporation, after most recently serving as Vice President
of Operations at Schaefer Interstate Railing in Salisbury, NC. Prior to that Mr.
Griffin spent several years with Metaldyne which acquired the Whitsett, NC plant
of Dana Corporation and before that he spent eleven years in management with
Dana Corporation at their Whitsett, NC and Jonesboro, AR facilities.

International Baler is an original equipment manufacturer of fine baling
equipment used world-wide. International Baler has been manufacturing baling
equipment for almost 60 years. The Company's primary focus is to provide its
customers with the best baler on the market and it offers a variety of different
models of Vertical Balers, Horizontal Balers, Auto-Tie Balers and Two-Ram
Balers.