Covanta Essex Company

Covanta Releases Emissions Data For Newark Trash Incinerator

Covanta's Newark incinerator burns garbage from all 22 municipalities in Essex County and NYC. Other NJ facilities are in Camden and Rahway.

Covanta makes emissions data available to public for all New Jersey WTE facilities

The company says this data will help provide transparency and peace of mind to stakeholders and communities.

Covanta Says It Has Stopped Accepting Waste That Caused a ‘Purple Plume’ Over Newark

Covanta confirmed that a “purple plume” was caused by iodine in manufacturing waste. A waste management company rejected a new attack from residents.

Essex County Trash Incinerator Unfairly Burdens Poor, Critics Say

"It would be unheard of to place an incinerator in Montclair or Short Hills… it's environmental racism," a critic of the Newark plant said.