The 16,000 pounds collected from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day joined the 2,800 tons of garbage brought to Covanta Essex ...

Covanta, a waste energy plant in Newark, disposes of unwanted prescription drugs that residents turn in to the police through drug take back programs.

With a day to close the books on the 2016 state budget, legislators faced a jam-packed calendar of issues to pass. And they punted. The ...