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record number of volunteers from all walks of life
throughout The Bahamas turned out to participate in the 25th
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 it began 25 years ago. In

New Providence alone, more than 800 volunteers met at the South Beach
pools area to clear the mangroves and surrounding coastline
of an astounding

39 tons 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...