8-K

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    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):

                                November 12, 1997

                                    KTI, INC.
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)


       New Jersey                    33-85234              22-2665282
(State or other juris-             (Commission           (IRS Employer
diction of incorporation)          File Number)           Identification
                                                          Number)


7000 Boulevard East, Guttenberg, New Jersey                   07093
(Address of principal executive office)                     (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number including area code- (201) 854-7777


                                 Not Applicable
         (Former name and former address, as changed since last report)
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ITEM 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.

         On September 30, 1997, KTI, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the Company
or the Registrant) exercised its option to purchase an additional 14.8% limited
partnership interest in Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, Limited Partnership,
a Maine limited partnership ("PERC") from The Prudential Insurance Company of
America for $2.1 million in cash.

         With this purchase, the Company's interest in PERC has increased to
71.3%. Energy National, Inc., a subsidiary of NRG Energy holds the remaining
28.7% interest in PERC, 3% as a general partner and 25.7% as a limited partner.

         PERC is located in Orrington, Maine and owns a 25 megawatt waste to
energy power generating plant. Power is produced by processing approximately
250,000 tons of municipal solid waste received from 230 communities in Maine.
The power is sold to Bangor Hydro-Electric Company under a long term power
supply contract. PERC had $30.3 million of revenue and $6.1 million of net
income in 1996. For the nine months ended on September 30, 1997, PERC had
revenue of $23.8 million and net income of $5.2 million.
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         ITEM 7. EXHIBITS

         (c) Exhibits.

         Exhibit Number        Description
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         4.1                   News release dated November 13, 1997.
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                                   SIGNATURES

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



                                           KTI, Inc.
                                           (the Registrant)



Dated:  November 17, 1997                  By:  /s/ Martin J. Sergi
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                                           Name:  Martin J. Sergi
                                           Title: President

EX-99.4.1

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                                  NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                KTI ACQUIRES ADDITIONAL 14.8% OF PENOBSCOT ENERGY
                   RECOVERY COMPANY RAISING OWNERSHIP TO 71.3%

         GUTTENBERG, N. J. (NOV. 13, 1997) -- KTI, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTIE) announced
today that it has increased its ownership in the Penobscot Energy Recovery
Company (PERC) to 71.3% by purchasing the remaining 14.8% limited partner
interest held by Prudential Insurance Company of America for $2.1 million. KTI
exercised an option granted in September to acquire Prudential's remaining
interest.

         The other 28.7% of PERC is owned by Energy National, Inc. (ENI), a
subsidiary of NRG Energy, which is also a general partner of PERC.

         Located in Orrington, Maine, PERC processes approximately 250,000 tons
of municipal solid waste a year from 230 Maine communities and generates 25
megawatts of electricity which is sold to Bangor Hydro Electric Company. PERC
generated $30.3 million in revenue and net income of $6.1 million in 1996. For
the nine months ended Sept. 30, 1997, PERC had revenues of $23.8 million and
$5.2 million in net income.

         Martin J. Sergi, president of KTI, said, "We're pleased we have been
able to further increase our ownership in PERC. This is consistent with our
strategy to maximize our ownership of the waste to energy facilities which we
operate. This purchase, which is accretive to earnings, will further enhance our
operating results."

         KTI is an award winning environmental company engaged in integrated
waste processing and management in diversified services and markets. The company
handles over 1.5 million tons of material a year and is best known for its
expertise in the waste-to-energy sector. KTI was organized in 1983 to develop
and own waste-to-energy facilities with the dual purpose of providing a means of
disposal for non-hazardous municipal solid waste and of generating electricity
from alternative fuel sources. Since then, KTI's operations have expanded to
include the development of an integrated waste management business providing not
only municipal solid waste handling and disposal services, but also wood waste
processing, ash and municipal waste recycling, specialty waste disposal,
transportation facilitation services and transfer station operations.

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         In addition to PERC, KTI owns and operates another Maine
waste-to-energy facility, Maine Energy Recovery Company, in Biddeford which
converts non-hazardous solid waste from residential, commercial and industrial
sources into electric power. KTI has developed and operates a wood waste
processing and recycling facility in Lewiston, Maine. In Telogia, Fla., KTI
operates a 14-megawatt power plant and in nearby Cairo, Ga. own a wood chipping
plant.

         KTI also holds a majority interest in America's only commercially
operational municipal waste ash recycling facility in Nashville, Tenn., owns a
Maryland company specializing in marketing post-industrial recycled plastics, a
paper and metals recycling company in Biddeford, Maine and a world wide
secondary fiber marketing company based in Portland, Ore.

         For further information contact Marty Sergi at KTI, Inc. (201) 854-7777
or Frank N. Hawkins, Jr., Hawk Associates, Inc. at (305) 852-2383.

         Copies of KTI press releases, SEC filings, current price quotes, stock
charts, analysts' comments and other valuable information for investors may be
found on the website http://www.hawkassociates.com.

         This release contains various forward look statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which represent the company's expectations or
beliefs concerning future events of the company's financial performance. These
forward looking statements are qualified by important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in he forward looking statements.
Results actually achieved may differ materially from expected results included
in these statements.