Covanta finds clean energy is a drug

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Company teams up with DEA to generate electricity from expired prescription drugs removed from circulation to reduce addiction rates

Energy-from-waste company Covanta has incinerated almost 20 tonnes of unused prescription drugs in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration of Arkansas and Texas. Under the scheme, the company...

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