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, April 23, 2008 - - Waste Technology Corp. (OTC BULLETIN BOARD:
WTEK) Waste Technology Corporation named Mr. Roger Griffin to the Board of
Directors of the Company.

Mr. Griffin joined Waste Technology Corporation and its manufacturing
subsidiary, International Baler Corporation in February 2008 as President and
Chief Executive Officer. Previously Mr. Griffin was 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 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 balers on the market and it offers a variety of different models
including Vertical Balers, Horizontal Balers, Auto-Tie Balers and Two-Ram
Balers.