Divers helped drag up tons of trash from the sea during a clean-up in Sandys on Saturday.

Keeping Bermuda Beautiful recruited Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club to help clear the water outside Messina House camping facility on Boaz Island.

KBB executive director Rich Lathan said the 20 volunteers filled a truck with rubbish, pulling up 11 pedal cycles, rolls of carpet and a scooter.

"We were quite happy with the work that was done," he said. "The gratifying part was that several people from the area came out and thanked the divers. One of them bought them a bunch of drinks."

Mr. Lathan urged the public not to dump their bulk waste in the sea and instead call the Government's free pick-up service on 292-7454.

Andrew Raine, from the Sub-Aqua Club, said: "We are hoping it's going to be the first in a series of clean-ups between the Sub-Aqua Club and KBB."