SAINT JOHN, NB – Approximately 500 employees from the Irving Oil refinery will be donning their gloves and work boots and reporting for duty as part of this year’s Operation Clean-Up event, taking place on Thursday, June 7^th between 9:00am and 1:00pm.

 

Workers will be volunteering their time to pick up litter around the refinery property and in the Champlain Heights, Loch Lomond Road, MacDonald Street, Grandview Avenue, Commerce/Consumers Drive, Mark Drive, and McAllister Drive areas. Irving volunteers will also be cleaning-up around the Little River Reservoir, where a local association plans to build a four-kilometre hiking trail.

 

“This is an opportunity to enhance the local environment where we all work and live” says Gary Bischof, General Manager at the Saint John refinery. “We look forward to Operation Clean-Up every spring. It’s a time for us to take pride in our workplace, and a chance to meet our neighbours and thank them for their support.”

 

The 7^th-annual event coincides with Canadian Environment Week. Operation Clean-Up began in 2001 following the completion of Irving Oil’s refinery upgrade project. Since that time, the event has grown to include neighbouring areas of Saint John and includes hundreds of company volunteers each year.

 

About Irving Oil
Founded in 1924, Irving Oil is a privately owned regional refining and marketing company with a history of long-term partnerships and relationships. Irving Oil operates Canada's largest refinery, in Saint John, N.B., which is located 65 miles north of the U.S border and has reached production rates in excess of 300,000 barrels per day. The refinery exports over 80 per cent of its production to the U.S., and accounts for 75 per cent of Canada's gasoline exports to the U.S. and 19 per cent of all US gasoline imports. In 2003, Irving Oil became the first oil company to receive a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Excellence Award, for its clean gasoline. Approximately 7,000 people currently work with the company.

 

For more information about Irving Oil, please visit www.irvingoil.com.

 

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