The Huntington Resource Recovery Facility began commercial operation in December 1991, serving the towns of Huntington and Smithtown. Operating as Covanta Huntington, this 13-acre facility in East Northport processes 750 tons per day of solid waste, generating up to 25 megawatts of renewable energy. Covanta Huntington is the cornerstone of an integrated solid waste management system for these communities, where landfill waste disposal is prohibited by state law.

The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Facility, operating as Covanta Onondaga, L.P., began commercial operation in February 1995. Covanta operates the 12-acre facility in Jamesville, NY, which controls the waste flow in the county and greater Syracuse region. The facility processes 990 tons per day of municipal solid waste, generating up to 39.5 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy that is sold to National Grid. The facility is equipped with an air-cooled condenser used for condensing turbine exhaust.

The Niagara Resource Recovery Facility, a pioneer in the modern Energy-from-Waste industry, began converting municipal solid waste into clean, renewable energy in 1980. Today, the facility uses up to 2,250 tons of waste per day as fuel to generate low-cost steam for neighboring industrial customers and electricity for the Western New York region. By providing reliable, low-cost steam to local manufacturers, Covanta Niagara allows industrial customers to remain globally cost-competitive and help retain jobs in the region. In recognition of safety and operational excellence, the facility has been designated an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Facility and achieved the International Standardization Organization's (ISO) 14001 environmental registration. The facility also recovers ferrous (steel) and non-ferrous (aluminum) metals.

Westchester’s waste-to-energy facility provides dependable, environmentally safe disposal of up to 2,250 tons per day of everyday household and business waste for Westchester County, using the waste as local fuel to generate 60 MW of clean, renewable electricity for sale to the local utility, enough power to supply the electrical needs of 63,600 New York homes as well as its own operations. Located in Peekskill, New York, a community with a 51 percent municipal recycling rate in 2010 — far exceeding the national average — Wheelabrator Westchester is proud of its record of metals recycling from waste, topping more than 12,000 tons in 2016.

ReEnergy Black River is located at Fort Drum, the U.S. Army installation near Watertown, NY, which is home to the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. The facility, which has 60 megawatts of generation capacity, had primarily burned coal to produce electricity. ReEnergy converted the primary fuel source to sustainably harvested local biomass, investing more than $34 million to renovate the facility and develop a state-of-the-art producer of green energy.

ReEnergy Black River produces approximately 422,000 net megawatt-hours of electricity each year — enough to supply the power needs of about 55,000 homes. Under the terms of a 20-year renewable energy supply agreement, which commenced November 1, 2014, ReEnergy Black River provides secure, renewable electricity to Fort Drum and supplies 100 percent of Fort Drum’s electrical load. The contract was the largest renewable energy project in the history of the U.S. Army, and places Fort Drum as a leader in meeting Army’s ambitious renewable energy goals.

Covanta Hempstead Company, located on 15 acres in Westbury, NY, began commercial operation in October 1989. As Long Island's largest Energy-from-Waste facility, Covanta Hempstead provides environmentally safe municipal solid waste disposal for the nation's most populous township. It marks the first U.S. installation of a globally successful mass burn technology by Deutsche Babcock Anlagen. Covanta Hempstead accepts delivery of waste 6 days a week and processes 24 hours a day. Steam created in the combustion process drives an 80-megawatt turbine generator, producing electricity for in-plant use and for sale to the local utility. The facility is the cornerstone of Hempstead's integrated waste service plan that includes an extensive curbside collection system for recyclable materials.