<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Covanta is indeed a champion in the environmental and drug prevention arena.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Here in Collier County, Covanta has always taken back all our medications collected as abandon property from our</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Law Enforcement partners.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">To this day, they continue to be leading edge in community assistance. Medication returns have turned into hard business</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">with rules and regulations becoming unbending. Covanta continues to help the little guy succeed. They adapted</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">their program to our needs. We will be forever grateful. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thank you to COVANTA, an honor to work with you.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Veora Little, CRNA, Volunteer coordinator for Operation Medicine Cabinet with Drug Free Collier.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Fondly, Veora</div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Arial;font-size:small"><b><a href="mailto:veoralittle@gmail.com" target="_blank">veoralittle@gmail.com</a></b></i><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><i style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-family:Arial"><b><br></b></i></div><div><font lang="0" size="2" face="Arial" color="#000099"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div><div><font lang="0" size="2" face="Arial" color="#000099"><i><b><br></b></i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:49 AM Ed Gottlieb <<a href="mailto:EGottlieb@cityofithaca.org">EGottlieb@cityofithaca.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<font size="5">Covanta Honored as Environmental Leadership Champion<br>
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<a style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,131,126);background-color:transparent" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news/covanta" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bold">Covanta<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081btb gmail-m_5661318342711097081bt-long-arrow-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Black Tie";font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:-14.28%;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;display:inline-block;line-height:1;font-stretch:normal"></i></strong></a>
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<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">MORRISTOWN, N.J.</span>,<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-chron" style="box-sizing:border-box">May 15, 2019</span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span>/PRNewswire/ -- Covanta,
a world leader in sustainable waste management based in<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">Morristown, New Jersey</span>, has been recognized by the Commerce and Industry Association of<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">New
Jersey</span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span>(CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine for its achievements in environmental leadership. Covanta was honored in the Recycling and Pollution Prevention Program category for its<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,131,126);background-color:transparent" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=374319712&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.covanta.com%2FIn-Your-Community%2FCommunity-Engagement%2FPrescription-for-Safety&a=Rx4Safety" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rx4Safety</a><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span>program.</p>
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 130 Americans on average die each day from an opioid overdose. Opioid abuse is a serious and pervasive crisis in<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">the
United States</span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span>aided by its easy accessibility to people of all ages. Launched in 2010, Covanta's Rx4Safety program seeks to address this urgent crisis by providing the means for safe, secure and anonymous
disposal of prescription medications through participation in community-sponsored, drug take-back events. Rx4Safety ensures medications collected at these events are properly disposed of so that they do not end up in public waterways and drinking water. Since
the program's inception, Covanta has collected nearly 500,000 pounds of medication in<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-location" style="box-sizing:border-box">New Jersey</span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span>alone.</p>
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"Covanta is dedicated to serving the communities in which our employees live and work,"<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081xn-person" style="box-sizing:border-box">Paul Stauder</span>, president of Covanta Environmental Solutions. "The
Rx4Safety program was born out of this desire, supporting communities with environmentally-sound destruction of unwanted medications. Now, almost 10 years later, the demand for this service is greater than ever as people become more aware of the urgent need
to protect water resources and keep drugs from falling into the wrong hands. We greatly appreciate this recognition of the program's impact."</p>
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The amount of unused medications collected during national take-back days continues to grow every year. To meet the increasing demand for safe, secure and convenient medication disposal, Covanta has expanded its offerings to include kiosk and mail-back envelope
services at retail pharmacies and other community health care locations across the country. For more information visit:<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,131,126);background-color:transparent" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=2876469783&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.covanta.com%2Fhealthcare-solutions&a=www.covanta.com%2Fhealthcare-solutions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.covanta.com/healthcare-solutions</a>.</p>
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</b>Covanta is a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely convert approximately 22 million tons of waste from municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity
to power one million homes and recycle over 600,000 tons of metal. Through a vast network of treatment and recycling facilities, Covanta also provides comprehensive industrial material management services to companies seeking solutions to some of today's most
complex environmental challenges. For more information, visit<span class="gmail-m_5661318342711097081Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><a style="box-sizing:border-box;word-wrap:break-word;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(0,131,126);background-color:transparent" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2468251-1&h=1873706290&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcovanta.com%2F&a=covanta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="2">covanta.com</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>
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