For approximately five months, Lidingö municipality's long coast has been cleaned of waste and debris that has been lying on the bottom for a long period.
Car batteries and tires are just some of the objects fished out by Rena Mälaren's divers on behalf of the city of Lidingö.
Along the island's south-eastern cape, at Gåshaga Marina, oil hoses have been found from the period before Gåshaga's residential quarter was built.
- Today it is a nice place to live, but it has been a hub for oil transport to Stockholm, says Joakim Brantingsson, diver at Rena Mälaren.
Have cleaned around the whole island
Jenny Randborg, environmental and waste developer at Lidingö municipality.
Photo: Daniel Díaz/SVT
In around 30 locations around the island, they have dived for waste, a project that has cost approximately SEK 700,000 to complete.
Jenny Randborg is an environmental and waste developer at Lidingö Municipality.
Why are you doing this right now?
- It is about time.
Both politicians and citizens have raised this issue.
We have previously dived for rubbish at Lidingö's bathing areas but not done a cleanup to this extent, says Jenny Randborg.