chris pallister runs the clean up effort. this island alone has 75 miles of coastline. >> so it's a very slow process, and, of course, more stuff is coming in. the 10 miles we have clean look really, really good compared to the rest of it. it's a very long-term project and it's very costly to get it done. >> half more or of this stuff is tsunami debris with more comes in with every tide adding to the trash, most of the it related to the fishing industry, drifting in for decades. pallister is hoping to fill another barge in two or three years. >> before that tsunami debris hit, 80% of what we saw on the beaches of derelict fishing gear and some western pacific drift from the countries over there. now there's a tremendous amount of household items, and there are a lot of insulation, strie row foam foam and urethane, stuff like that. >> reporter: in seattle a team of volunteers is organized to sort of trash. friedman estimates 20% to 30% is recyclable, and some of the fishing gear can be cleaned up and put back in service. >> th