OREANDA-NEWS. MPC employees from the company’s in Catlettsburg, Ky., refinery and Marine Transportation organization teamed up to collect trash and other debris during the 2014 Ohio River Sweep, organized by the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. Catlettsburg area employees and family members have taken part in the annual cleanup event since its inception in 1989. MPC again sponsored the sweep, with about 30 employee volunteers taking part.

The MPC team was among 17,000 volunteers who participated, cleaning up 3,000 miles of shoreline and tributaries along the length of the river, from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cairo, Ill., and gathering more than 7,000 tons of trash and other debris. Various organizations, civic groups, recreational clubs, and the general public in six states took part.

“The Ohio River is often referred to as ‘The Beautiful Ohio,’ because it is,” notes Catlettsburg Community Representative Sheila Fraley. “Volunteering a few hours a year to help keep it that way is not much to ask.”