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Alleviating hunger and food insecurity are at the core of Covanta's outreach work, and last week, Covanta MacArthur collaborated with Island Harvest. Their mobile food pantry made a stop at The Central Islip Senior Mobile Market, where our MacArthur team had the opportunity to volunteer and ...

Covanta MacArthur provided helping hands to the Keep Islip Clean organization at the Project Bloom Organic Community Garden in East Islip. The intense heat didn’t stop these workers from pulling the many weeds that were overtaking the garden beds and then laying wood chips to avoid future ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored a symposium at Stony Brook University, presented by the Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship Committee. The gathering addressed how Long Island will address its waste in future ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored the Family & Children’s Association’s annual breakfast and fashion show held at The Mansion at Oyster Bay. FCA provides a range of services to Long Island’s most vulnerable ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored Island Harvest’s Turkey and Trimmings collection campaign. Island Harvest is the largest food bank on L.I. and this event helps to supply holiday meals to needy families ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) each held an employee holiday toy drive which contributed towards a very large donation made to U.S. Marines Toys-4-Tots campaign. The facilities were proud to work with the Long Island ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) once again sponsored the Wreaths Across America program on Long Island as part of their ongoing commitment to the veterans’ community. Through the program, wreaths are laid at national ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) served as the main sponsor of the East Meadow Soccer Club’s 44th annual tournament. The “Covanta Cup” is Long Island’s premier youth soccer tournament for players of all ages.

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored the Long Island Children’s Museum’s Cupcakes & Cocktails Gala held at the museum in Garden City, NY. This unique event is the main fundraiser for the museum and is attended ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless Backpack Pirates Day. This one-day camp experience for homeless youth on Long Island provided a fun-filled summer memory. Children ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sent representatives to the recent meeting of Long Island Metro Business Association, which featured a representative from bulk power transmission developer New York Transco. The ...

Covanta MacArthur collaborated with Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter on the town’s annual recycling-themed poster contest for children in grades 1-8. In the photo, town officials and Covanta representatives pose with the talented winners, who received prizes and certificates for their winning ...

Covanta’s Long Island Facilities (Babylon, Hempstead, Huntington and MacArthur) Senior Community Affairs Specialist, Maureen Early was honored by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman at the Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park for the Salute to Veterans Ceremony and Concert. Along with three ...

Covanta MacArthur collaborated with Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter on the town’s annual recycling-themed poster contest for children in grades 1-8. In the photo, town officials and Covanta representatives pose with the talented winners, who received prizes and certificates for their winning ...

Covanta Hempstead along with Covanta's three other Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur). Once again, the Long Island facilities were the major sponsor of the Long Island Regional Envirothon. This annual competition is Long Island’s premier environmental ...

Covanta MacArthur along with Covanta's three other Long Island facilities (Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta Babylon) also came together for a volunteer day at Cornell’s 140-acre 4H Camp in Riverhead, NY. More than 40 participants performed cabin repairs and cleaned the property, ...

Covanta Babylon along with Covanta's three other Long Island facilities (Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) collaborated on a volunteer day at Seatuck Environmental Association in Islip, NY. Over 30 volunteers helped ready the property for the organization’s first ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) presented a donation of $2,000 to the Family & Children’s Association of Long Island. For over 135 years, the organization has been devoted to protecting and strengthening Long ...

Covanta’s Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) proudly continued their sponsorship of the Wreaths Across America program. This effort coordinates holiday wreath-laying ceremonies at veterans’ cemeteries, including Calverton and Long ...

The Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored the monthly meeting of Long Island Metro Business Association (LIMBA). State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, chairman of the Environmental Committee, spoke about current issues ...

Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Babylon and Covanta MacArthur also teamed up to spread holiday joy for local kids. The facilities donated many bundles of toys that were distributed to several outreach centers across Long Island.

The Long Island facilities (Covanta Babylon, Covanta Hempstead, Covanta Huntington and Covanta MacArthur) sponsored the Turkey and Trimmings campaign run by Island Harvest, Long Island’s largest food bank, to provide holiday meals to families in need. Community Affairs Specialist Maureen Early ...

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 ...

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 ...

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’s Long Island facilities sponsored their very own a boat as part of Operation SPLASH, an organization dedicated to maintaining Long Island’s waterways.