Cleanups removed over 1.5 million pounds of trash from Alaska beaches last year, report says

By: Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: June 4, 2026

Words: 544

Last Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago

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Alaskans collected more than 1.5 million pounds of marine debris last year in organized community cleanups involving nearly 1,700 people in total, a new report says.

The report, issued Wednesday by Ocean Conservancy, Alaska Sea Grant and the Sitka Sound Science Center, summarizes beach trash cleanups conducted in 2025 in more than two dozen coastal communities or regions. Sites ranged from the Inupiat village of Wales that is about 55 miles from Russia’s mainland …

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