Volunteers throughout The Bahamas are preparing to take part in the Ocean Conservancy's coastal cleanup day on Saturday, October 8th. The original date planned was September 24th, but due to inclement weather the cleanup was moved to this Saturday. Every year on the first weekend of September, more than half-a-million people in 100 countries remove millions of pounds of trash from beaches and waterways all over the world.

This year celebrates 26 years of volunteerism for a healthier ocean. Over the last quarter-century, the International Coastal Cleanup has grown from a single cleanup on a Texas beach to a worldwide movement to end the threat of trash...