Waste-to-energy firm Covanta on Tuesday reached a deal with Lake Compounce to recycle the amusement park’s organics waste in Connecticut, the first such agreement reached since Covanta announced a central Connecticut facility.
Covanta announced a partnership in December with developer Turning Earth to build an organics recycling facility in central Connecticut. Covanta, which processes more than 600,000 metric tons of waste annually at its three power plants, made the deal to increase the amount of waste management it offers to various municipal and commercial customers.
Lake Compounce is the first commercial or municipal customer to agree to send its food waste to the Turning Earth plant. Covanta will work with Lake Compounce employees on the proper method of sorting organic waste.
In order to kick-start organics recycling in Connecticut, the state requires all major creators of food waste to send their leftovers to nearby recycling or anaerobic digester plants. However, while three such facilities are in various stages of development, none have opened.
