It All Adds Up

250 million tons of municipal solid waste processed to date is equivalent to:

• the annual amount of waste landfilled in the U.S.
• over 30 million garbage trucks full of waste, that if placed end to end, would circle the earth over 4 times.
• If landfilled, the waste would have buried the National Mall from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial, completely covering the Washington Monument.

Annually, Covanta facilities process:

• enough MSW to fill 18 Empire State Buildings

250 million tons of greenhouse gases avoided is equivalent to:

• planting 6 billion trees
• pulling more than 41 million cars off the road for a year
• the growth of a forest the size of Minnesota in a year
• offsetting the use of 49 coal power plants for one year

Annually, Covanta facilities offset:

• nearly 16 million tons of GHGs

250 million tons of municpal solid waste converted into electricity powers:

• over 11 million homes for a year

Annually, Covanta processes enough MSW to power:

• over 1,000,000 homes
• all the homes in a city the size of Philadelphia and suburbs

In processing 250 million tons of waste, Covanta has recycled over 5 million tons of metal, enough to build 60 Golden Gate bridges.

Annually, Covanta facilities recycle:

• 360,000 tons of metal, enough to build 275,000 hybrid cars