Community News

Covanta’s four Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) were jointly recognized for their efforts to the support the Island’s veterans by the Nassau County Veterans Advisory Committee. On behalf of the facilities, Community Affairs ...

Covanta recently sponsored the Long Island Regional Envirothon. At the Envirothon, teams of high school students from across the island test their ability to tackle hands-on environmental challenges. Topics included water resource management, as well as aquatics, forestry, soils and wildlife.

The first ever Green Star Outreach awards were recently handed out to deserving Covanta facilities and employees! The Green Star Awards recognize Covanta facilities and employees for exemplary efforts to educate and support our local communities and organizations. Long Island Community Relations ...

Employees at Covanta Hempstead stepped up and met the #Trashtag Challenge this past April! The Challenge was designed by Covanta’s Sustainability Employee Resource Group (ERG) to encourage individual facilities to hold cleanup events within their communities.

All four Long Island facilities, including Covanta Babylon, Hempstead, Huntington, and MacArthur, together continued their longstanding commitment to veterans on the island through work with Wreaths Across America. Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy facilities on the island have sustainably and respectfully ...

Covanta Hempstead donated several whole pallets of assorted food items to a local food drive this past February. The food drive was arranged in support of the Mary Brennan Inn, which has been serving Long Island’s hungry in a dignified and respectful manner to help them achieve self-sufficiency for ...

Covanta Hempstead recently began a partnership with the Center for Workforce Development at Nassau Community College (NCC), as an employer partner of the URGENT program. The program, funded by grants through the State University of New York (SUNY), provides career training to members of ...

All four Long Island facilities, Covanta Babylon, Hempstead, Huntington, and MacArthur, helped Santa out in 2020 by holding a series of toy drives to benefit the less fortunate amidst uncertain times.

Covanta Hempstead provided a helping hand to the The Walkabout Residence with a donation in the form of a fresh, home-cooked holiday meal! The Walkabout Residence is a transitional house located in Freeport, NY, which provides homeless adolescents and young adults a safe space in which to prepare ...

Covanta Hempstead donated essential clothing items to Long Island’s veterans for the 32nd Annual Veterans Winter Stand Down event at the Freeport Armory. The event was hosted by the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency (VSA).