Aegean volunteers are fighting against the plastics waste for marine life

Antigone Kouteri, dressed in her protective wetsuit and scuba gear, jumps into Zakynthos harbour's murky waters in search of plastics — and snags her arm on a submerged object.

"It was a tire," proposes Efthymis, her patrol partner, coming up with a bottle of wasted ale. "My pleasure!" he jibs.

Zakynthos Ionian Island is one of the most untouched travel destinations in Greece, renowned for its ....