Alaskan agencies cleaning debris from the 2011 Japan earthquake are entering a new, wide-scale portion of their efforts.
Department of Environmental Conservation Tsunami Marine Debris Coordinator Janna Steward said agencies have been caching the debris up away from tide patterns over the last few years.
None of that debris is expected to reach the Kenai Peninsula.
That 9.0 earthquake resulted in a 30-foot tsunami which disabled the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and eventually released radioactive material into the ocean.
Steward said there is no worry about radioactivity in the debris from the earthquake.
The newest efforts are thanks to a $5 million donation from the Japanese government, of which Alaska has received around $2.5 million so far.
Once collected, the debris will be offloaded in Seattle for sorting and recycling.
