Non-Ferrous Metal Recycling Deployed at Covanta's Fairfax Facility

19 June 2012 New Jersey based waste to energy specialist, Covanta Energy (NYSE: CVA) has commissioned a new 'first of kind' metal recycling system at its waste to energy facility in Fairfax County, Virginia. The company said that system has not previously been used in North America and is specially designed to recover very small particles of non-ferrous metal. Back in March, Covanta made a strategic alliance with recycling equipment manufacturer Steinert US, for non-ferrous metal recovery systems. The company said that the partnership is supporting the implementation of new non-ferrous systems at many of its facilities that currently do not have them, and enhances systems that are already in place - as in the case of Covanta Fairfax. "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," explained Seth Myones, Covanta's chief operating officer. "We are proud to have achieved one of the highest recycling rates in the state at 47% 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. Doughty went on to add that the new recycling system complements the country's recycling initiatives and demonstrates that energy recovery and robust recycling programs can go hand in hand. In 2011, Covanta's claimed that its 41 waste to energy facilities in North America recycled over 400,000 tons (363,000 tonnes) of ferrous and over 15,000 tons (13,600 tonnes) of non-ferrous metal - enough steel to build five Golden Gate Bridges and enough aluminium to make a billion drinks cans. The Fairfax facility has the capacity to treat some 3000 tons (2700 tonnes) of waste per day and generates around 80 MW of electricity. Read More Covanta to Work with GMB Union on 95 MW Waste to Energy Facility Covanta Energy has signed a commitment to work together on employee relations, safety and environment issues with the UK's GMB Union as it plans to plans to build a waste to energy facility in Cheshire. 66 MW Waste to Energy Facility Officially Opened in Bexley London based waste management company, Cory Environmental has officially opened its 66 MW Riverside Resource Recovery waste to energy facility at Belvedere in Bexley. Proposed Plasma Gasification & Waste Incineration Facility in Perth Phoenix Energy Australia, is to work with Australian engineering contractor, John Holland to develop a AU$400 million plasma gasification and mass burn waste to energy facility near Perth. Free Magazine Subscription Free Email Newsletter