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David Hoefner wore many hats. He was a retired executive for Ogden, Covanta, PECO, and Exelon energy companies.
The former Springfield and Glen Mills resident…
Philadelphia is using the Covanta incinerator in Chester to burn its trash, upsetting local residents concerned the city’s trash is adding to local pollution…
Michael Doweary is trying to figure out what cash flow is needed to successfully run the city of Chester.
Doweary is the state-appointed receiver…
Covanta held a Zoom information session March 28 for residents to tell them about plans to reduce nitrogen oxide levels at its Chester incinerator.
The…
Delaware County has set a goal in the new year of working toward zero solid waste, writes Kenny Cooper for WYYY.
To get there, it…
There are new regulations to reduce air pollution from six trash incinerators in Pennsylvania, including the Covanta trash-to-steam plant in Chester known as…
Not everyone’s thrilled with Delaware County’s new three-year contract with Covanta Holding Corp. to continue sending trash to an incinerator in Chester…
The Delaware County Solid Waste Authority needs to be resurrected as the county figures out how to handle trash over the next 10 years, writes…
Chester City Receiver Michael T. Doweary got into an argument with Chester Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland over an incinerator contract, claiming the 2017 Covanta contract lost…
When illegal dumping added to Chester’s trash problem, the community came out to clean things up, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times.
Volunteers…
Delaware County’s environmental crime unit will act just like any other investigative team out of the district attorney’s office, writes Vinny Vella for…
Covanta’s trash incinerator in Chester has seen a huge increase in the materials sent there to be destroyed after China banned imports of several…
Covanta, with a location in Chester, is one of the world’s largest providers of energy-from-waste solutions and is on a mission to…
The Chester Environmental Partnership (CEP) recently honored Covanta’s John G. Waffenschmidt, vice president of environmental science and community affairs, for his efforts and leadership…
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