As a world premier operator of large-scale energy-from-waste facilities, Covanta Energy offers an environmentally sound solution to communities' solid waste disposal needs. With over 30 facilities worldwide, Covanta uses municipal solid waste as a fuel to generate clean, renewable energy. Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely turn 15 million tons of waste into over 8 million megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity each year and create 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries.

Covanta’s modern energy-from-waste facilities:

Produce a combine total of 7,800 Gigawatts of renewable electricity per year, which creates enough energy to power the homes in the city of Philadelphia.

Serve the waste disposal needs of approximately 12 million people in communities across the United States.

Reduce the need for fossil fuels, saving the equivalent of 15 million barrels of oil each year.

Recover and recycle 360,000 tons of metals from the waste which is enough metal to manufacture 275,000 hybrid cars each year.

Process over 5% of the nation’s waste.

Have a worldwide presence, with facilities in Europe and China.