Several hundred volunteers from all walks of life throughout The Bahamas turned out to participate in the 26th Anniversary of International Coastal Cleanup. To date, this global initiative has helped remove over 100 million pounds of marine litter from over 170,000 miles of coasts since its beginning.

In New Providence alone, several hundred volunteers met at South Beach and Yamacraw Beach to clear surrounding coastline of trash. International Coastal Cleanup is the world's largest one-day volunteer event created to prevent and eliminate pollution of the marine environment.

This year, volunteers in New Providence, Abaco, and Grand Bahama turned out to clean-up their respective beaches and wetlands. The event, which began as a local program in Texas, has gradually expanded to include every major body of water in the world in over 100 countries, including The Bahamas...