Materials Management

Goal

Advance sustainable waste management and life cycle GHG reductions through increased landfill diversion; greater operational efficiency; and expansion of waste reduction, reuse and recycling.

Progress

In 2016, we avoided, recycled or reused over 900,000 tons of waste, a 60 percent increase in just two years, meeting our goal four years early.

Waste is a resource. At Covanta, our mission is to provide sustainable waste and energy solutions to ensure that no waste is ever wasted. We help our municipal, commercial and industrial clients meet their sustainability goals, whether they are focused on zero waste, zero waste to landfill, advancing the circular economy, minimizing GHG emissions or reducing overall environmental impacts from waste management.

42 EfW facilities in North American and Europe
20 million tons of waste converted into enough energy to power 1 million homes each year
More than 510,000 tons of metal recycled annually
Doubling of non-ferrous metals recovered over the past five years
120 employees trained in Lean / Six Sigma tools for Continuous Improvement

Materials Management

Goal

Progress

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