Highlights:

• In a press release, Covanta Energy today announced a new upgrade to its Fairfax, Virginia metal recycling facility.  The new system is designed to recover small particles of non-ferrous metal and was lauded as a first-of-its-kind system by the company.
• The upgrade is part of Covanta's previously announced strategic alliance with Steinert US, Inc. for non-ferrous metal recovery systems.
• The upgraded system will prevent the creation of 15,000 tons of greenhouse gases each year.  
   

From Press Release:

"Improving efficiency and sustainability are key aspects of our culture and as such, we are continuously looking for new ways to recover value from waste and divert materials from landfills," said Seth Myones, Covanta's chief operating officer. "I'm proud of the way our team recognized the opportunity to recycle additional non-ferrous metal and quickly got this new system up and running."

In March, Covanta announced a strategic alliance with Steinert US, Inc. for non-ferrous metal recovery systems. The partnership is supporting the implementation of new non-ferrous systems at many Covanta facilities that currently do not have them and enhances systems that are already in place, as in the case of Covanta Fairfax.

"We are proud to have achieved one of the highest recycling rates in the state at 47 percent and work hard to continually improve the recovery of recyclable materials," said Joyce Doughty, director of Fairfax County's Division of Solid Waste Disposal and Resource Recovery. "The new recycling system at the Energy-from-Waste facility complements our recycling initiatives very nicely and is a great example of how energy recovery and robust recycling programs can go hand in hand."