Alexandria/Arlington Waste-to-Energy Facility Honored by OSHA With Prestigious 'STAR' Designation for Outstanding Safety Practic

Alexandria/Arlington Waste-to-Energy Facility Honored by OSHA
With Prestigious 'STAR' Designation for Outstanding Safety Practices 


FAIRFIELD, N.J., Nov. 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Tuesday, November 9, the
City of Alexandria and the County of Arlington's 975 ton-per-day waste-to-
energy facility, Covanta Alexandria/Arlington, operated by Covanta Energy
Corporation, will be honored by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) with its "STAR" designation, the agency's
highest honor given to power generating facilities with outstanding health and
safety practices.

Covanta Alexandria's designation as an OSHA "STAR" facility is an honor given
to fewer than one percent of all worksites in the United States and comes
following participation in the agency's Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) and
adherence to the highest health and safety protocols in the industry.  The
Alexandria/Arlington waste-to-energy facility launched participation in the VPP
program in January of 2004 and was notified of OSHA's decision to be granted
STAR status in September of 2004.

"Achieving VPP STAR recognition means that Covanta Alexandria has achieved the
very highest standards in employee and workplace safety," said Tony Orlando,
President and CEO of Covanta Energy.  "And it also means that Covanta
Alexandria employees have gone far beyond the norms of good practices and have
moved into the realm of true excellence, setting a standard for the rest of the
industry to follow."

Covanta Alexandria/Arlington is the third facility within Covanta's network of
WTE facilities to achieve VPP STAR recognition.  The facility is operated for
the City of Alexandria and Arlington County. The facility takes the
non-recyclable portion of municipal solid waste that would otherwise be
destined for a landfill and converts it into clean, renewable energy for over
25,000 homes. 

DATASOURCE: Covanta Energy Corporation



CONTACT:  Kent Burton for Covanta Energy Corporation, [phone]

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