Community News

The Covanta Huntsville facility employees picked up 19 bags of trash along the facility’s “adopted” mile of roadway. The section of Patton Road in Huntsville is located near the facility.

Covanta Huntsville participated in an Earth Day event at Hays Nature Preserve that attracted thousands of folks on a beautiful spring day. Covanta’s hand-stamped and painted Earth charms were the hit of the day.

Covanta Huntsville provided reverent disposal for more than 300 retired American flags. The Huntsville Activity Team partnered with a local American Legion post to collect the flags and prepare them for disposal.

Covanta Huntsville E&I Technician Steve Rottmann traveled to Mayfield, Kentucky, to help that community in the wake of devastating December tornadoes. Steve joined a group from Prepare and Respond (PAR), a Huntsville-based volunteer organization that helps clean up and provide needed services ...

Covanta Huntsville employees took time to pick up litter along the facility’s Adopt-A-Mile, a section of Patton Road in Huntsville. The facility officially “adopted” the stretch of road earlier this year.

The Covanta Huntsville facility partnered with its client, the Solid Waste Disposal Authority, to provide personal protective equipment for local haulers. The PPE was distributed during the authority’s annual Sanitation Meeting.

As a Veterans Day salute to those who have served, the Covanta Huntsville maintenance department painted a grapple red, white and blue and stenciled the initials of each military branch on a tine. Many of the facility’s employees are military veterans, and between employees and family members, all ...

Covanta Huntsville held its annual Hauler Awareness Day in November, aiming to make haulers aware of tipping floor safety requirements at the facility. Employees personally greeted over 100 haulers, handing out a printed copy of the guidelines along with a bag of snacks and giveaways.

Employees at Covanta Huntsville 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.

Covanta Huntsville celebrated Earth Day this year by cleaning up their own “adopted” patch of the planet! Employees collected 15 bags of litter from the newly “adopted” area in the one mile radius around Patton Road. Moving forward, employees have committed to quarterly trash collections of the ...