Community News

We were delighted to host a group of brilliant students from Columbia University at our Covanta Essex facility. The students got to see the inner workings of a modern waste-to-energy facility only a few miles from Manhattan, NY.

One of our Community Relations Specialists had the pleasure to represent Covanta Essex Saturday morning with some amazing colleagues at Lincoln Park in Newark, NJ. Together, Covanta joined forces to make a positive impact by providing much-needed fresh meals, drinks, and first aid kits to those who ...

Covanta Essex will host its annual Open Public Meeting on Thursday, June 15, 2023. The event will take place at the Blue Print Cafe, 369 Raymond Boulevard in Newark, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

Covanta Essex made a generous donation to sponsor the annual Christmas celebration and tree lighting organized by the South 17th & 18th St. Neighborhood Association in Newark’s South Ward. The facility also donated $100 gift cards to 100 local families.

Covanta Essex is proud of its record of sustainably managing waste for 22 municipalities in Essex County and the surrounding region. Our state-of-the-art facility produces energy and preserves metal for recycling, allowing for a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to landfilling.

On Earth Day Covanta Essex participated in the City of Newark’s Slam Dunk the Junk. A team of employees gathered to clean and prepare Westside Salvation Army for spring. Executive Director, Nemin Jaya, expressed his gratitude for Covanta’s servitude. Covanta was also one of the sponsors and vendors ...

The Hawkins Street School gave a great big THANK YOU video message to Covanta Essex for supporting the students and families of the school. The students enjoyed the donation of books for their school’s “Warm Up with a Good Book” event, as well as winter hats and gloves.

Ms. Jones, the librarian at Hawkins Street Elementary School, wanted to ensure that all the students had the cold weather necessities before leaving for winter recess. She decided to reach out to Covanta Essex to supply hats and gloves for all 750 students. Covanta Essex employees were more than ...

Covanta Essex partnered with Jersey Cares to ensure that one hundred and four (104) families from Hawkins Street School in Newark, NJ received a healthy meal for the Thanksgiving holiday. Covanta employees happily distributed food bags to families of the community. The community members expressed ...

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, annual ceremonial services were held across the nation where families, friends, and loved ones remember those lost and the events of that day. The Covanta Essex team honored those lost on that infamous day with an American flag highlighted in blue to ...