NOVEMBER 30, 2009 - COVANTA HOLDING CORPORATION TO PRESENT AT THE J. P. MORGAN SMID CAP CONFERENCE 2009

FAIRFIELD, N.J., November 30, 2009 – Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) is scheduled to participate in the J. P. Morgan SMid Cap Conference 2009 on Thursday, December 3, 2009. Executive Vice President and CFO Mark Pytosh will be speaking at 1:30 pm EST.
 
A live webcast of Covanta’s presentation will be available at http://metameetings.com/webcasts/jpmorgan/smidcap09/directlink?ticker=CVA and archived through March 3, 2010. The webcast and our presentation materials can also be accessed through the Investor Information - Presentations section of the Covanta Holding Corporation website at www.covantaholding.com.

About Covanta
Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) is an internationally recognized owner and operator of large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient of the Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Covanta's 44 Energy-from-Waste facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound solution to their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to generate clean, renewable energy. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely convert approximately 20 million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity and create 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries. For more information, visit www.covantaholding.com.

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