PROJECT #7
KEEPERS OF THE NORTH
2022 | alaska | Prince william sound
5 TONS
of carbon offsets purchased by CRDC from ACT Commodities to reduce emissions created by transportation.
3M+ lbs
of trash cleaned up by GoAK, managing the longest running marine debris cleanup project in the world.
7 partners
join together to accomplish a game-changing process in the fight against pollution
Changing the Future of Waste Management
On Alaska’s remote coastlines, plastic waste doesn’t just wash ashore, it piles up in staggering amounts. In Keepers of the North, a Rivers are Life film, we follow Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK) and their fight to protect some of the most pristine, yet vulnerable, shores on Earth.
Operating in one of the harshest, least accessible regions in North America, GoAK’s work is no small feat. Helicopters and boats ferry teams to beaches littered with massive nets, buoys, and industrial debris. It’s sweaty, backbreaking work, but it’s changing the future of waste management.
Through partnerships with Dow, Pyxera Global, Alliance to End Plastic Waste, FedEx, and CRDC Global, GoAK is proving that trash doesn’t have to end in a landfill. Using breakthrough technology, they’re transforming hard-to-recycle ocean plastics into building materials as strong as concrete. In the process, they’re paving the way for Alaska’s first circular recycling facility.
Keepers of the North isn’t just about cleaning beaches, it’s about innovation, grit, and resilience. It shows how one determined community can turn the tide of plastic pollution and reimagine waste as resource.
