65,000 Pounds of Electronic Waste Collected at Cox & Synergy E-Waste Recycling Event

65,000 Pounds of Electronic Waste Collected at Cox & Synergy E-Waste Recycling Event

Event held April 25 at Hampton Roads Convention Center

CHESAPEAKE, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 200 area residents and businesses attended Cox Hampton Roads and Synergy Recycling's E-waste recycling event held, Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Hampton Convention Center.

Approximately 65,000 pounds of materials were collected within a six-hour window of time.

"We were thrilled to sponsor this event to help preserve and protect the environment right here in Hampton Roads. It was truly a great sight to see with all of the cars and trucks loaded with items like computers, televisions, stereos, camcorders, cell phones, printers, scanners... and you name it! Our partners at Synergy indicated to us that if it has a plug, they would accept it!" says Gary McCollum, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cox Hampton Roads. "No dates are set just yet, but we will be sponsoring additional efforts in the future."

For more information, contact Felicia Blow at 222-8432 or felicia.blow@cox.com.

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integrated wireless services. Cox Business is a full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and video transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotional opportunities and production services. Cox Communications wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel. More information about the services of Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com, www.coxbusiness.com, and www.coxmedia.com. In Hampton Roads, Cox has more than 400,000 basic cable subscribers.

Source: Cox Communications

CONTACT: Felicia Blow, APR, +1-757-222-8432, felicia.blow@cox.com, or
Leigh Woisard, +1-757-222-8496, leigh.woisard@cox.com, both of Cox
Communications

Web Site: http://www.cox.com/

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