Dive Brief:
- Covanta Niagara scored an 11-month extension from the city Planning Board in order to complete its $30 million expansion project at its waste-to-energy facility in Niagara Falls, NY.
- The company’s Niagara Resource Recovery Facility will process hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from New York City every year.
- In addition to the expansion, Covanta plans to add railroad access to transport the waste via train; the company currently hauls waste to its plant by truck.
Dive Insight:
The Niagara Resource Recovery Facility currently processes approximately 2,250 tons of waste daily, and produces steam and electricity in addition to emitting pollutants into the air. The facility sells the generated energy to the Niagara Mohawk Power Company and adjacent chemical facilities.
