'TrashTok': Vancouver diver's TikTok videos show hundreds of kilograms of trash hauled from Burrard Inlet
A local diver is using social media to highlight the amount of garbage hidden beneath B.C.'s waters.
Videos posted by Henry Wang on the platform TikTok show what he describes as 618 kilograms (1,362 pounds) of trash recently pulled out of the water near North Vancouver's Lonsdale Quay.
Among the items are about three dozen chairs, 10 tires, three shopping carts and an abandoned crab trap. He said there was another trap he and other divers found, but they were unable to pull it out of the silt.
Wang is one of the founders of a group that does what he calls in the videos "cleanup" dives. The dive into the Burrard Inlet in his latest videos was part of an event sponsored by Return-It, a not-for-profit corporation that manages recycling of some items in B.C.
The group, called Divers for Cleaner Lakes and Oceans, has done 160 such dives, according to its website. During these dives, nearly 19,000 kilograms (41,000 pounds) of trash have been removed from bodies of water in B.C.
The volunteer divers group, a non-registered non-profit that has been around since 2013, says it hopes removing this garbage will "pass on a cleaner and healthier environment to our next generation."
Videos Wang has posted from other locations show dozens of beer cans, a tackle box, 17 pairs of sunglasses, cellphones, discarded underwear and a mountain bike.
Wang also takes questions from his 9,000 followers, including "What's with all the shopping carts" "What do you do with all the things you find" and "How do you keep safe?"
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Quebec nurse had to clean up after husband's death in Montreal hospital
On a night she should have been mourning, a nurse from Quebec's Laurentians region says she was forced to clean up her husband after he died at a hospital in Montreal.
Northern Ont. lawyer who abandoned clients in child protection cases disbarred
A North Bay, Ont., lawyer who abandoned 15 clients – many of them child protection cases – has lost his licence to practise law.
Bank of Canada officials split on when to start cutting interest rates
Members of the Bank of Canada's governing council were split on how long the central bank should wait before it starts cutting interest rates when they met earlier this month.
Maple Leafs fall to Bruins in Game 3, trail series 2-1
Brad Marchand scored twice, including the winner in the third period, and added an assist as the Boston Bruins downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff series Wednesday
Cuban government apologizes to Montreal-area family after delivering wrong body
Cuba's foreign affairs minister has apologized to a Montreal-area family after they were sent the wrong body following the death of a loved one.
'It was instant karma': Viral video captures failed theft attempt in Nanaimo, B.C.
Mounties in Nanaimo, B.C., say two late-night revellers are lucky their allegedly drunken antics weren't reported to police after security cameras captured the men trying to steal a heavy sign from a downtown business.
What is changing about Canada's capital gains tax and how does it impact me?
The federal government's proposed change to capital gains taxation is expected to increase taxes on investments and mainly affect wealthy Canadians and businesses. Here's what you need to know about the move.
New Indigenous loan guarantee program a 'really big deal,' Freeland says at Toronto conference
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was among the 1,700 delegates attending the two-day First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) conference that concluded Tuesday in Toronto.
'Life was not fair to him': Daughter of N.B. man exonerated of murder remembers him as a kind soul
The daughter of a New Brunswick man recently exonerated from murder, is remembering her father as somebody who, despite a wrongful conviction, never became bitter or angry.