Residents of Newark and surrounding areas are breathing cleaner air as a result of new pollution-control equipment that has been installed at the Covanta Essex Resource Recovery Facility in Newark under an equipment-modernization plan reached between the facility and the Christie Administration.

The Department of Environmental Protection has launched a pilot mobile application that will enhance protection of public health and the environment by enabling the public to use smartphones and other mobile devices to conveniently report non-emergency environmental incidents.

The pilot WARN NJDEP mobile app complements the DEP’s telephone hotline, 877-WARNDEP, which has been in operation for many years. The app can be downloaded through Google Play, the Apple app store and the Microsoft app store.