Covanta Energy Awards Scholarships to Local High Schoolers

Fourteen Town of Babylon high school seniors were awarded college scholarships by Covanta Energy, the company that owns and operates The Babylon Resource Recovery Facility, on May 4 at Babylon Town Hall Park.

The celebration, held during the town's annual Earth Day celebration awarded over $3,300 in scholarships to help the four college-bound seniors pay for their higher education. All of the students honored had completed environment related science projects, earning them their awards.

Kevin White, a North Babylon High School senior, was given the top prize for his work on using greenhouse gases to boost the use of hydrogen energy, earning him a $1,000 scholarship.

Students from other town districts, including Babylon, Copiague Deer Park, North Babylon and Lindenhurst, were also honored during the ceremony.

"We are particularly proud of the Covantage EcoTech program as it serves as a great incentive for our kids to give thought and practice on how they can have a more positive impact in making their environment both cleaner and greener," said Jeff George, Covanta Babylon Business Manager. "We had a fantastic range of projects this year which always makes for a difficult task in choosing the top awards – in our minds, they are all winners!"

On hand for the ceremony were town officials, including Supervisor Rich Schaffer, Councilman Tony Martinez and Legislator Wayne Horsley.