Covanta employees, along with New Jersey Audubon Society, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Cub Scouts plant shrubs and trees at the Oxford Township trash-to-electricity incinerator in 2010. (Courtesy Covanta Warren Energy Resource Co. )
By Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
After 30 years in Warren County, Covanta’s trash-to-energy incinerator has ceased operation. But the Oxford Township facility won’t be dismantled, leaving open the possibility that it could one day be fired up again.
At its peak, Covanta Warren Energy Resource Co. LLC employed 39 and could process 550 tons of municipal solid waste a day, generating up to 13.5 megawatts of energy.
The incinerator stopped at the end of March and now a skeleton crew remains as the facility is mothballed, Covanta spokeswoman Nicole Robles confirmed Thursday. Employees were offered jobs at other Covanta sites.
But Covanta is not fully decommissioning the 22-acre site and will retain ownership, meaning it could find use again if the market demands it.
The shutdown was announced at the close of
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