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Covanta

January 29, 2023

Covanta Holding Corporation is a private energy-from-waste and industrial waste management services company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Most of its revenue comes from operating power plants that burn trash as fuel. Covanta charges a fee for waste disposal, sells electricity produced in the process, and recovers metal for recycling.

Covanta
TypePrivate company
IndustryRenewable Energy/Waste Management
HeadquartersMorristown, New Jersey
Key people
Azeez Mohammed, President and Chief Executive Officer[1]
Revenue$1,868.0 million (2018)[2]
$63.0 million (2018)[2]
$152.0 million (2018)[2]
Total assets$3,843 million (2018)[2]
Total equity$487.0 million (2018)[2]
Number of employees
~4,000 (2018)[2]
Websitewww.covanta.com

Covanta was founded in 1939 as the Ogden Corporation. After starting as a public utility holding company it became a diverse conglomerate which had holdings in manufacturing, horse racing, real estate, food, maritime transportation, arena management, and entertainment until its 2001 restructuring into a strictly energy business.

Early history

In 1939, Ogden Corporation was founded as a successor to Utilities Power and Light, a Chicago-based utilities holding company that had been under a court-ordered trusteeship since 1937.[3][4] Its subsidiaries included the Laclede Gas Company, Interstate Power Company, Missouri Natural Gas Company, Missouri Electric Power Company, Central State Utilities Corporation, and Central States Power and Light Corporation.[5] The Atlas Corporation controlled the Ogden Corporation from its founding until it was sold to the Allen family in 1951.[6][7] Benjamin G. Brewster, general auditor for the Atlas Corporation, served as Ogden's first president. He was succeeded by Maurice L. Sindeband.

As part of the reorganization of the Utilities Power and Light, Ogden was obligated to divest its utility interests so that it would comply with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. By 1948, Ogden's only remaining utility holding was the Interstate Power Company.[8]

Diversified interests

Manufacturing

In 1953, Ogden entered the manufacturing field when it acquired W.A. Case & Son Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer and distributor of plumbing and heating supplies, from Allen & Company.[9] That same year the company purchased Teleregister from Western Union.[10] In 1955, Ogden purchased Commercial Filters Corporation, an electronics and plumbing firm, and Luria Brothers & Co., an iron and steel scrap business.[11][12] In 1957 the company purchased the Eimco Corporation and the American Foundry & Machine Company of Salt Lake City. Eimco manufactured filtration equipment and American Foundry & Machine made iron and steel castings.[13] In 1959, Ogden acquired Avondale Marine Ways Inc., a New Orleans shipbuilding company.[14]

In 1962, former Luria Brothers president Ralph E. Ablon became president and chairman of Ogden.[15]

Foods

In 1966, Ogden acquired Tillie Lewis Foods, a California-based fruit and vegetable canner. Tillie Lewis was appointed to Ogden’s board of directors, becoming the company’s first female director.[16] The following year, Ogden entered the frozen food business when it purchased Prosser Packers of Prosser, Washington.[17] That same year it purchased ABC Consolidated, a food and refreshment firm that owned cafeterias, restaurants, snack bars, and the Nedick's fast food chain.[18] Ogden's food division became one of the three biggest arena concession vendors in the United States.[19] In 1968, Ogden purchased Mack Brothers, a company that manufactured frozen meats for airlines.[20] In 1979, Ogden bought Progresso for $35 million.[21] In 1986 Ogden Foods was sold to Pet, Inc. for $320 million.[22]

Real estate development

In 1968, Ogden formed the Ogden Development Corporation after it purchased Charles Luckman Associates, a real estate, engineering, and architectural firm. Luckman was named president of Ogden Development.[23]

Maritime transportation

In 1968, Ogden acquired Soros Associates, which designed and developed bulk handling and port facilities.[24] That same year it purchased Bulk Transport Inc., which operated 18 bulk carriers.[25] In 1979 Ogden purchased two 37,800-ton tankers from United Tanker Corporation for $31 million.[26]

Horse racing

In 1969, Odgen purchased Edwards Enterprises, which owned Waterford Park, Scarborough Downs, Fairmount Park, and Wheeling Downs.[27] In 1972 the company purchased Suffolk Downs.[28] Ogden Recreation formed a security subsidiary, Ogden Security, which was headed by former Boston Police Commissioner Edmund McNamara.[29]

Shift from manufacturing to services

In the 1980s, Ogden shifted from primarily a manufacturing business to a services company.[15] Its first investment in the services industry was the $118 million acquisition of Allied Maintenance Corporation in 1982.[15] Ogden undertook 19 acquisitions and mergers between 1983 to 1991.[30] In 1986 Suffolk Downs was sold to Buddy LeRoux.[31] By 1987, substantially all of Ogden's revenues were from services it didn't previously provide, like warehousing, running concession stands at stadiums, and janitorial services.[32] In 1990, Ralph E. Ablon was succeeded as president and CEO by his son Richard.[33] In 1991, it acquired a professional services company called ERC Environmental and Energy Services for $80 million.[30]

Ogden Entertainment

Ogden's entertainment division provided concession, merchandise, maintenance, cleaning, security, parking, and facility management services as well as concert promotions. Its clients included the Capital Centre, Rosemont Horizon, Palacio de los Deportes, Target Center, Anaheim Arena, Anaheim Stadium, and Rich Stadium.[34][35][36] Ogden was a major investor as well as the manager of the Corel Centre in Ottawa.[37]

In 1994, Ogden purchased Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin. The company planned on constructing a 2,500-seat conference center, a 65,000-seat stadium, a 12,000-seat indoor arena, and a hotel/casino on the site of the abandoned horse track, however, lack of support led to Ogden selling the property in 1998.[38]

Ogden Entertainment produced Victor/Victoria, The Old Man and the Sea, Amazon, and Mark Twain's America.[39]

In 1998, Ogden began construction on Jazzland, a 140-acre theme park located in New Orleans.[40] In 1999, it acquired several water parks, including Wet'n Wild Inc.[33]

Beginnings in energy-from-waste

Ogden entered the energy-from-waste business in 1983, when it acquired intellectual property rights to the Martin GmbH incinerator technology commonly used in Europe, as well as a method of hazardous waste disposal.[32][41] The company formed Ogden Martin Systems as a subsidiary for its energy-from-waste business.[42] By 1986, Ogden had five energy-from-waste plants under construction and agreements in place to build four more.[15] In 1993, Ogden subsidiary Ogden Projects, Inc. acquired ABB’s energy-from-waste business. This increased Ogden’s energy-from-waste business from 21 plants with a capacity of 20,675 tons-per-day to 24 plants with a capacity of 28,135 tons-per-day.[43]

Sale of non-energy assets

By 1995, half of Ogden's revenues were from energy-from-waste projects.[44] That year, Ogden was restructured into three divisions: aviation, energy, and entertainment.[44] In December 1995, Ogden sold its bioservices unit to the McKesson Corporation.[45] In 1997 it sold its building-maintenance and engineering-services operations in New York City to ABM Industries.[46] In 1998 Ogden sold its aviation catering business to SC International Services, an Onex Corporation subsidiary that also owned SkyChefs and Caterair.[47]

In 1999, Richard Ablon resigned as CEO. He was replaced by Scott Mackin.[48] Mackin sought to sell off all of Ogden’s non-energy assets.[49] In 2000 the company sold its theme and water parks to Alfa Holdings for $148 million, its concessions, food, uniform, and child-care interests to Aramark for $225 million, its aviation ground services company to John Menzies for $117.8 Million, and its fixed-base operator business to Consolidated Lamda Holdings for $27 million.[50][51][52]

Covanta

In 2001, Ogden's name was changed to Covanta, a portmanteau of cooperation and advantages, to represent its focus on energy.[53][54][55][56] Covanta and its 155 subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy in 2002.[54] The bankruptcy was prompted by the California electricity crisis and the economic downturn following the September 11 attacks.[54]

In 2004, Anthony Orlando was appointed CEO.[57] That same year, 20 banks agreed to provide $463 million in financing to help the company get out of bankruptcy, restructure, and sell itself.[55] Covanta came out of bankruptcy in 2004, when it was purchased by Danielson Holding Corporation.[54] In 2005, Danielson sold Ogden's interests in casinos, hockey stadiums, and other areas to focus on its energy-from-waste business.[54] Later that year, Covanta acquired an energy-from-waste business called American Ref-Fuel for $2 billion.[54]

In 2009, Covanta bought the energy-from-waste business of Veolia Environment for $450 million.[58] This was followed by acquisitions of environmental services companies Advanced Waste Services and GARCO for undisclosed sums in 2014.[59][60]

In 2015, Covanta appointed Stephen J. Jones as its new CEO.[61]

As of October 2020, Michael Ranger has succeeded Stephen J. Jones as Covanta's CEO.[62]

In December 2021, the investment firm EQT Group announced the completion of its $5.3 billion acquisition of Covanta Holding Corporation and announced its new CEO, Azeez Mohammed.[63]

Operations

 
The Covanta Hempstead plant in Uniondale, New York

Covanta develops and operates facilities that burn trash to produce electricity, recover metals from the waste stream for recycling, and provide other industrial waste management services.[64] As of 2013, about 60% of Covanta's revenue came from selling trash disposal services and 25% from selling electricity produced by burning trash.[65] The remainder of its revenue was from metal recycling, construction, and other services.[65]

As of 2018, Covanta operated more than 40 waste-to-energy plants in North America, China, and Europe.[66][67] Most of Covanta's revenue came from long-term contracts with local governments or utility providers.[66][68] It also benefits from tax incentives for green energy projects.[15]

As of 2018, the company burned 20 million tons of trash annually and recycled 550,000 tons of metal.[64] A majority of the trash is organic substances.[69] It also burns a smaller amount of pharmaceutical byproducts, like expired medicines.[70] Each ton of garbage contains about 50 pounds of metal that is removed with magnets, then sold for recycling.[71]

At its plants, Covanta feeds trash into a furnace burning at 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.[71] The furnace produces steam that rotates a turbine, powering a generator.[71] The remaining ash is rapidly cooled to prevent the formation of toxic compounds, then goes through additional processing.[71] Government agencies regulate and monitor Covanta emission stacks for harmful toxins.[72] Filters and other equipment are in place to remove most of the harmful particulates,[66] and activated carbon removes most of the mercury.[72] Steam is then released into the atmosphere.[66]

Environmental and social impact

Covanta supporters say burning trash to produce energy is an environmentally-friendly way to produce power and dispose of garbage that would otherwise fill landfills.[73] Environmental critics are concerned about mercury, lead, and other toxins produced from burning garbage.[74][72] Covanta has simultaneously received awards for its positive impact on the environment, while being sued and seeing protests for its environmental impacts.[54]

A 2008 study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that waste-to-energy plants were better for the environment than landfills, in part because they reduced the methane garbage produced in landfills and reduced reliance on other fuels like coal.[74] A study by Columbia University said if waste-to-energy was as popular in the United States as it is in Europe, the U.S. would reduce carbon emissions by 264 million tons annually.[66] However, many environmentalists are skeptical about Covanta's claim that the steam emitted from a plant's furnace does not contain excess toxins.[66] Some environmentalist distrust government monitoring of Covanta's emission stacks, and have lobbied for more regulation.[72]

Additionally, Covanta has been cited numerous times for exceeding air pollution standards.[75] For example, one Covanta plant in Newark was cited for violating emission standards;[76] in 2010, a related lawsuit was settled for $875,000, which was used for a local green space program.[77] Similar problems have led to fines and settlements for mercury emissions in Florida,[78] dioxin in Connecticut,[79] and for hydrated lime in Dublin, Ireland.[80]

An academic from Columbia University has said most energy-from-waste emission criticisms are related to dated technology or misinformation.[66] Covanta said its facilities are compliant with emission standards 99.9% of the time.[76]

Covanta works with local governments to safely dispose of prescription drugs.[81][82] In 2014, there was a controversy about whether an Oregon Covanta facility was burning aborted fetuses and other human body parts as part of its medical waste.[83] Covanta said its plant never received aborted fetuses as fuel.[84]

See also

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January 29, 2023
covanta, holding, corporation, private, energy, from, waste, industrial, waste, management, services, company, headquartered, morristown, jersey, most, revenue, comes, from, operating, power, plants, that, burn, trash, fuel, charges, waste, disposal, sells, el. Covanta Holding Corporation is a private energy from waste and industrial waste management services company headquartered in Morristown New Jersey Most of its revenue comes from operating power plants that burn trash as fuel Covanta charges a fee for waste disposal sells electricity produced in the process and recovers metal for recycling CovantaTypePrivate companyIndustryRenewable Energy Waste ManagementHeadquartersMorristown New JerseyKey peopleAzeez Mohammed President and Chief Executive Officer 1 Revenue 1 868 0 million 2018 2 Operating income 63 0 million 2018 2 Net income 152 0 million 2018 2 Total assets 3 843 million 2018 2 Total equity 487 0 million 2018 2 Number of employees 4 000 2018 2 Websitewww wbr covanta wbr comCovanta was founded in 1939 as the Ogden Corporation After starting as a public utility holding company it became a diverse conglomerate which had holdings in manufacturing horse racing real estate food maritime transportation arena management and entertainment until its 2001 restructuring into a strictly energy business Contents 1 Early history 2 Diversified interests 2 1 Manufacturing 2 2 Foods 2 3 Real estate development 2 4 Maritime transportation 2 5 Horse racing 3 Shift from manufacturing to services 4 Ogden Entertainment 5 Beginnings in energy from waste 6 Sale of non energy assets 7 Covanta 8 Operations 9 Environmental and social impact 10 See also 11 References 12 External linksEarly history EditIn 1939 Ogden Corporation was founded as a successor to Utilities Power and Light a Chicago based utilities holding company that had been under a court ordered trusteeship since 1937 3 4 Its subsidiaries included the Laclede Gas Company Interstate Power Company Missouri Natural Gas Company Missouri Electric Power Company Central State Utilities Corporation and Central States Power and Light Corporation 5 The Atlas Corporation controlled the Ogden Corporation from its founding until it was sold to the Allen family in 1951 6 7 Benjamin G Brewster general auditor for the Atlas Corporation served as Ogden s first president He was succeeded by Maurice L Sindeband As part of the reorganization of the Utilities Power and Light Ogden was obligated to divest its utility interests so that it would comply with the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 By 1948 Ogden s only remaining utility holding was the Interstate Power Company 8 Diversified interests EditManufacturing Edit In 1953 Ogden entered the manufacturing field when it acquired W A Case amp Son Manufacturing Company a manufacturer and distributor of plumbing and heating supplies from Allen amp Company 9 That same year the company purchased Teleregister from Western Union 10 In 1955 Ogden purchased Commercial Filters Corporation an electronics and plumbing firm and Luria Brothers amp Co an iron and steel scrap business 11 12 In 1957 the company purchased the Eimco Corporation and the American Foundry amp Machine Company of Salt Lake City Eimco manufactured filtration equipment and American Foundry amp Machine made iron and steel castings 13 In 1959 Ogden acquired Avondale Marine Ways Inc a New Orleans shipbuilding company 14 In 1962 former Luria Brothers president Ralph E Ablon became president and chairman of Ogden 15 Foods Edit In 1966 Ogden acquired Tillie Lewis Foods a California based fruit and vegetable canner Tillie Lewis was appointed to Ogden s board of directors becoming the company s first female director 16 The following year Ogden entered the frozen food business when it purchased Prosser Packers of Prosser Washington 17 That same year it purchased ABC Consolidated a food and refreshment firm that owned cafeterias restaurants snack bars and the Nedick s fast food chain 18 Ogden s food division became one of the three biggest arena concession vendors in the United States 19 In 1968 Ogden purchased Mack Brothers a company that manufactured frozen meats for airlines 20 In 1979 Ogden bought Progresso for 35 million 21 In 1986 Ogden Foods was sold to Pet Inc for 320 million 22 Real estate development Edit In 1968 Ogden formed the Ogden Development Corporation after it purchased Charles Luckman Associates a real estate engineering and architectural firm Luckman was named president of Ogden Development 23 Maritime transportation Edit In 1968 Ogden acquired Soros Associates which designed and developed bulk handling and port facilities 24 That same year it purchased Bulk Transport Inc which operated 18 bulk carriers 25 In 1979 Ogden purchased two 37 800 ton tankers from United Tanker Corporation for 31 million 26 Horse racing Edit In 1969 Odgen purchased Edwards Enterprises which owned Waterford Park Scarborough Downs Fairmount Park and Wheeling Downs 27 In 1972 the company purchased Suffolk Downs 28 Ogden Recreation formed a security subsidiary Ogden Security which was headed by former Boston Police Commissioner Edmund McNamara 29 Shift from manufacturing to services EditIn the 1980s Ogden shifted from primarily a manufacturing business to a services company 15 Its first investment in the services industry was the 118 million acquisition of Allied Maintenance Corporation in 1982 15 Ogden undertook 19 acquisitions and mergers between 1983 to 1991 30 In 1986 Suffolk Downs was sold to Buddy LeRoux 31 By 1987 substantially all of Ogden s revenues were from services it didn t previously provide like warehousing running concession stands at stadiums and janitorial services 32 In 1990 Ralph E Ablon was succeeded as president and CEO by his son Richard 33 In 1991 it acquired a professional services company called ERC Environmental and Energy Services for 80 million 30 Ogden Entertainment EditOgden s entertainment division provided concession merchandise maintenance cleaning security parking and facility management services as well as concert promotions Its clients included the Capital Centre Rosemont Horizon Palacio de los Deportes Target Center Anaheim Arena Anaheim Stadium and Rich Stadium 34 35 36 Ogden was a major investor as well as the manager of the Corel Centre in Ottawa 37 In 1994 Ogden purchased Phoenix Park Racecourse in Dublin The company planned on constructing a 2 500 seat conference center a 65 000 seat stadium a 12 000 seat indoor arena and a hotel casino on the site of the abandoned horse track however lack of support led to Ogden selling the property in 1998 38 Ogden Entertainment produced Victor Victoria The Old Man and the Sea Amazon and Mark Twain s America 39 In 1998 Ogden began construction on Jazzland a 140 acre theme park located in New Orleans 40 In 1999 it acquired several water parks including Wet n Wild Inc 33 Beginnings in energy from waste EditOgden entered the energy from waste business in 1983 when it acquired intellectual property rights to the Martin GmbH incinerator technology commonly used in Europe as well as a method of hazardous waste disposal 32 41 The company formed Ogden Martin Systems as a subsidiary for its energy from waste business 42 By 1986 Ogden had five energy from waste plants under construction and agreements in place to build four more 15 In 1993 Ogden subsidiary Ogden Projects Inc acquired ABB s energy from waste business This increased Ogden s energy from waste business from 21 plants with a capacity of 20 675 tons per day to 24 plants with a capacity of 28 135 tons per day 43 Sale of non energy assets EditBy 1995 half of Ogden s revenues were from energy from waste projects 44 That year Ogden was restructured into three divisions aviation energy and entertainment 44 In December 1995 Ogden sold its bioservices unit to the McKesson Corporation 45 In 1997 it sold its building maintenance and engineering services operations in New York City to ABM Industries 46 In 1998 Ogden sold its aviation catering business to SC International Services an Onex Corporation subsidiary that also owned SkyChefs and Caterair 47 In 1999 Richard Ablon resigned as CEO He was replaced by Scott Mackin 48 Mackin sought to sell off all of Ogden s non energy assets 49 In 2000 the company sold its theme and water parks to Alfa Holdings for 148 million its concessions food uniform and child care interests to Aramark for 225 million its aviation ground services company to John Menzies for 117 8 Million and its fixed base operator business to Consolidated Lamda Holdings for 27 million 50 51 52 Covanta EditIn 2001 Ogden s name was changed to Covanta a portmanteau of cooperation and advantages to represent its focus on energy 53 54 55 56 Covanta and its 155 subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy in 2002 54 The bankruptcy was prompted by the California electricity crisis and the economic downturn following the September 11 attacks 54 In 2004 Anthony Orlando was appointed CEO 57 That same year 20 banks agreed to provide 463 million in financing to help the company get out of bankruptcy restructure and sell itself 55 Covanta came out of bankruptcy in 2004 when it was purchased by Danielson Holding Corporation 54 In 2005 Danielson sold Ogden s interests in casinos hockey stadiums and other areas to focus on its energy from waste business 54 Later that year Covanta acquired an energy from waste business called American Ref Fuel for 2 billion 54 In 2009 Covanta bought the energy from waste business of Veolia Environment for 450 million 58 This was followed by acquisitions of environmental services companies Advanced Waste Services and GARCO for undisclosed sums in 2014 59 60 In 2015 Covanta appointed Stephen J Jones as its new CEO 61 As of October 2020 Michael Ranger has succeeded Stephen J Jones as Covanta s CEO 62 In December 2021 the investment firm EQT Group announced the completion of its 5 3 billion acquisition of Covanta Holding Corporation and announced its new CEO Azeez Mohammed 63 Operations Edit The Covanta Hempstead plant in Uniondale New York Covanta develops and operates facilities that burn trash to produce electricity recover metals from the waste stream for recycling and provide other industrial waste management services 64 As of 2013 about 60 of Covanta s revenue came from selling trash disposal services and 25 from selling electricity produced by burning trash 65 The remainder of its revenue was from metal recycling construction and other services 65 As of 2018 Covanta operated more than 40 waste to energy plants in North America China and Europe 66 67 Most of Covanta s revenue came from long term contracts with local governments or utility providers 66 68 It also benefits from tax incentives for green energy projects 15 As of 2018 the company burned 20 million tons of trash annually and recycled 550 000 tons of metal 64 A majority of the trash is organic substances 69 It also burns a smaller amount of pharmaceutical byproducts like expired medicines 70 Each ton of garbage contains about 50 pounds of metal that is removed with magnets then sold for recycling 71 At its plants Covanta feeds trash into a furnace burning at 1 800 degrees Fahrenheit 71 The furnace produces steam that rotates a turbine powering a generator 71 The remaining ash is rapidly cooled to prevent the formation of toxic compounds then goes through additional processing 71 Government agencies regulate and monitor Covanta emission stacks for harmful toxins 72 Filters and other equipment are in place to remove most of the harmful particulates 66 and activated carbon removes most of the mercury 72 Steam is then released into the atmosphere 66 Environmental and social impact EditCovanta supporters say burning trash to produce energy is an environmentally friendly way to produce power and dispose of garbage that would otherwise fill landfills 73 Environmental critics are concerned about mercury lead and other toxins produced from burning garbage 74 72 Covanta has simultaneously received awards for its positive impact on the environment while being sued and seeing protests for its environmental impacts 54 A 2008 study by the U S Environmental Protection Agency found that waste to energy plants were better for the environment than landfills in part because they reduced the methane garbage produced in landfills and reduced reliance on other fuels like coal 74 A study by Columbia University said if waste to energy was as popular in the United States as it is in Europe the U S would reduce carbon emissions by 264 million tons annually 66 However many environmentalists are skeptical about Covanta s claim that the steam emitted from a plant s furnace does not contain excess toxins 66 Some environmentalist distrust government monitoring of Covanta s emission stacks and have lobbied for more regulation 72 Additionally Covanta has been cited numerous times for exceeding air pollution standards 75 For example one Covanta plant in Newark was cited for violating emission standards 76 in 2010 a related lawsuit was settled for 875 000 which was used for a local green space program 77 Similar problems have led to fines and settlements for mercury emissions in Florida 78 dioxin in Connecticut 79 and for hydrated lime in Dublin Ireland 80 An academic from Columbia University has said most energy from waste emission criticisms are related to dated technology or misinformation 66 Covanta said its facilities are compliant with emission standards 99 9 of the time 76 Covanta works with local governments to safely dispose of prescription drugs 81 82 In 2014 there was a controversy about whether an Oregon Covanta facility was burning aborted fetuses and other human body parts as part of its medical waste 83 Covanta said its plant never received aborted fetuses as fuel 84 See also EditEssex County Resource Recovery Facility Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility Harrisburg incineratorReferences Edit Covanta 2021 8 K SEC gov March 16 2022 Retrieved March 16 2022 a b c d e f Covanta 2019 10 K SEC gov October 30 2020 Retrieved October 30 2020 Ogden Corporation to Get New Board The New York Times November 30 1939 Trustee is Added in Utilities Case The New 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Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Aviation Fixed Base Operations Business for 27 1 Million Business Wire September 12 2000 Schwanhausser Dee March 8 2001 Ogden Corporation to change name to Covanta Energy Corporation Power Grid International Retrieved 4 July 2022 a b c d e f g Company seeking to build trash port is trying new type of venture The Virginia Pilot October 9 2006 Retrieved September 15 2019 a b Covanta Energy Files for Chap 11 Los Angeles Times April 2 2002 Retrieved September 14 2019 Kadleck Chrissy June 21 2010 Energy refocus was key move for Covanta The Barron s Calia Michael January 5 2015 Former Air Products Executive to Become Covanta CEO WSJ Retrieved November 6 2019 Roychoudhury Arup July 6 2009 Covanta to buy facilities from Veolia subsidiary U S Retrieved October 15 2019 Waste to Energy Firm Covanta Buys Advanced Waste Waste360 May 22 2015 Retrieved October 16 2019 Bollinger Luke March 22 2018 Triad environmental firm to expand with new facilities and jobs 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2009 Newark residents say garbage incinerator poses health risks nj com Retrieved September 14 2019 Johnson Tom June 7 2019 Energy from Waste Facility Agrees to Clean Up its Act NJ Spotlight Retrieved September 14 2019 Connolly Kevin P June 23 2001 Incinterator State Strike a Deal The Orlando Sentinel Retrieved September 15 2019 Nearing Brian August 12 2011 Covanta seeking N Y renewable nod pays 400 000 dioxin fine at Conn trash burn plant Times Union Retrieved September 15 2019 Burns Sarah Power Jack March 21 2013 Eleven hospitalised after incident at Dublin s Poolbeg incinerator The Irish Times Retrieved September 15 2019 Ryburn Stacy January 16 2016 OBN Covanta reach 100 000 milestone in disposal of prescription drugs Tulsa World Covanta partners with New York for pharmaceutical take back program Waste Dive April 19 2018 Retrieved December 3 2019 Is fetal tissue from B C used to power Oregon homes The Associated Press April 24 2014 Retrieved September 14 2019 Francke Tyler Covanta 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