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, January 8, 2009 - - Waste Technology Corp. (OTC BULLETIN BOARD:
WTEK) Waste Technology Corporation named Mr. John J. Martorana to the Board of
Directors of the Company.

Most recently Mr. Martorana has been a consultant to several divisions of
Wastequip, Inc. Mr. Martorana was the President of Wastequip of Florida from
1994 to 2007 after joining the Company in 1991 as Vice President. From 1984 to
1991 he was responsible for sales and steel purchasing for Industrial Refuse
Sales Inc., a family owned business which was sold to Wastequip, Inc. Prior to
joining Industrial Refuse Sales Mr. Martorana worked in the steel industry. He
graduated from Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana in 1972.

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.