The municipality partners include Newington, East Hartford, Guilford and Madison have signed contracts for services that will include sustainable waste disposal, recycling and composting.
The communities were drawn to Covanta’s ability to offer one stop shopping for waste disposal, recycling and composting.
In addition to the other benefits, Covanta offers shorter queue times for waste haulers, which will result in notable efficiencies.
As part of the contract, Covanta will also provide outreach funds to each community that will be used for projects including hazardous household waste collections and energy-from-waste and recycling education programs.
Service is slated to begin in 2012 with the agreements ranging from three to five years.
The new contracts represent approximately 45,000 tons of municipal solid waste per year.
Covanta Energy is an owner and operator of energy-from-waste and renewable energy projects in North America including local facilities in Wallingford, Bristol and Preston, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts.
