EXHIBIT 99.1

For Immediate Release:

               WORLD WASTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ANNOUNCES $2,000,000
                              IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING


SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, February 24, 2005. World Waste Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:
WDWT.OB) today  announced it has received $2 million in additional  funding from
an institutional investor. Pursuant to the financing, World Waste issued 800,000
Units,  each Unit comprised of one share of common stock and warrants to acquire
up to an additional  0.25 shares of common stock at an exercise  price of $0.01,
at a purchase price of $2.50 a Unit. The company has agreed with the investor to
register the resale of these shares in  accordance  with the  Securities  Act of
1933.

"We are making  significant  progress in the construction of our first facility.
Several pieces of equipment  have arrived,  including the three largest and most
expensive  pieces;  the two  autoclaves  and the twin wire press are on site and
fully paid for," said Thomas L. Collins, World Waste's, chief executive officer.
"Although we still need to raise a  significant  amount of  additional  capital,
this new  funding  is an  important  piece in our on going  efforts to raise the
funds to complete this facility."

World Waste is in the process of  installing  Pressurized  Steam  Classification
Vessels,  and pulp  cleaning  and  screening  equipment  as part of its  planned
500-ton per day  municipal  solid  waste  processing  plant in Anaheim,  CA. The
Pressurized Steam Classification  Vessels will enable World Waste to efficiently
extract  cellulose  fiber from municipal solid waste that can be resold to paper
and cardboard manufacturers in the form of a wetlap product.

ABOUT WORLD WASTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
World Waste  Technologies,  Inc.,  based in San Diego,  California,  is an early
stage development  company engaged in the waste recycling and pulp manufacturing
industry.  World Waste holds an exclusive license to patented  technology which,
in experimental conditions, has processed small amounts of municipal solid waste
to  successfully  reduce the waste's volume and yield a grade of cellulose fiber
suitable as a partial furnish replacement in unbleached packaging products. More
information on World Waste is available at www.worldwastetech.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT
This press release  includes  certain  "Forward-Looking  Statements"  within the
meaning of section 21E of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  All
statements  regarding potential results and future plans and objectives of World
Waste,   are   forward-looking   statements   that  involve  various  risks  and
uncertainties.  There can be no assurance that such  statements will prove to be
accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated  in such  statements.  Important  factors  that could  cause  actual
results to differ materially from our expectations  include, but are not limited
to,  those  factors  that are  disclosed  under the heading  "Risk  Factors" and
elsewhere  in our  documents  filed  from time to time with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission. Other risk factors may include, but are not limited to, our
ability to obtain  financing on  acceptable  terms,  or at all, cost overruns in
connection  with the  construction of our plant,  working  capital  constraints,
fluctuation  in quarterly  results,  and  increased  competition  for the fields
targeted by the company,  our ability to commence  operations as scheduled,  the
economical  operation  of the  process we intend to operate  and our  ability to
protect the proprietary  technology we use. Further,  the company operates in an
industry  sector  where  securities  values  are  highly  volatile  and  may  be
influenced by economic and other factors beyond the company's  control,  such as
announcements by competitors and service providers.





The contents of this press  release are  presented as a general  overview of the
company.  It is  intended  only to contain  general  information  regarding  the
company and its business and does not purport to provide complete  disclosure or
analysis  of all  matters  which  may be  relevant  to a  decision  to  make  an
investment,  including all risk factors or similar considerations.  Although the
information is believed  current as of the date herein,  the  information may be
subject  to change,  amendment  or  supplementation,  and the  company  does not
expect, and assumes no obligation, to update or otherwise revise the information
herein.


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