Thousands of volunteers flocked to the California coast and waterways on Saturday to participate in the 41st annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.

The event, which is largest single-day volunteer event in the world, according to Guinness World Records, invited volunteers across the state to pick up trash along coastal areas ranging from Lake Tahoe to the San Francisco Bay.

According to the California Coastal Commission, which leads the statewide effort, 19,987 volunteers picked up 178,296 pounds of trash and recyclables. These numbers are likely to increase, given only 40% of cleanup sites had reported final numbers as of Sunday.

Volunteers diligently tracked each item collected, with the data being examined by the Coastal Commission to better understand marine debris over time. Volunt

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