DDN, WHIO, Cox volunteers remove 5,000 pounds of waste from river

Thirty-two car tires, a rusty bumper, underwear, an orange cone, bowling balls, shoes and a Cabbage Patch doll that looked more like a Garbage Pail Kid were among the items Cox Media Group Ohio employees and other volunteers pulled from the Great Miami River Friday in downtown Dayton as part of Clean Sweep 2014.

In all, the 64 volunteers removed 5,000 pounds of waste.

Rob Rohr, Cox Media Group Ohios senior vice president and general manager, said conservation, the environment and sustainability are critically important to Cox Enterprises.

He noted that James Cox Kennedy, Coxs chairman, set a goal to send zero waste to landfills in the next seven to 10 years and to become carbon and water neutral in 25 to 30 years.

Cox is a tremendously large company and thats a very aggressive goal, Rohr said. Efforts like this (Clean Sweep) are one step forward to really achieving that.

The Cox employees from Dayton Daily News, WHIO TV and radio and other Cox companies participated in the effort organized by American Rivers and other groups.

The effort was part of a larger river cleanup effort that spans from Indian Lake down to the Ohio River.

The Northern Clean-up event from Indian Lake to Franklin continues Saturday, July 19.

Cox employees throughout the nation Dayton, Atlanta, Charlotte, S.C. and Jacksonville, Fla. included have

collected nearly 16 tons of waste as part of river clean-ups.

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DDN, WHIO, Cox volunteers remove 5,000 pounds of waste from river