Lampposts, rings, cameras: over 25,000 pounds of junk cleared from Lake Tahoe

The cleanup was undertaken by a California non-profit which hired scuba divers to clean the top 25ft of the lake

A California non-profit started an ambitious project beneath the surface of Lake Tahoe that concluded Tuesday: hire scuba divers to gather the litter in the top 25 ft of the lake.

Divers have now pulled out more than 25,000 pounds of debris from the 72 miles of the lake's shoreline, working in a circle from Stateline, Nevada. As volunteer divers navigated the lake, they plucked plastic bottles, engagement rings, 1980s Nikon film cameras, entire lampposts, no littering" signs, big pieces of broken-down boats and engine blocks, lost wallets and cordless home telephones, according to Clean Up the Lake.