Maldives trash island. 50 clearest bluest waters in. There are no recycling facilities in the maldives for the safe disposal of hazardous waste such as used batteries asbestos lead mercury and used electrical goods e waste. With no proper waste management systems in place in hoandedhoo household garbage was dumped along the coast in remote areas choking the waterways of the island and suffocating the beaches.
Just a few miles west of male the capital city of maldives and one of the most densely populated islands on earth lies the island of thilafushi the location of maldivess municipal landfill. Thilafushi the trash island is a short distance from male the capital city of maldives. Is an artificial island created as a municipal landfill situated to the west of male and is located between kaafu atoll s giraavaru and gulhifalhu of the maldives.
It came into existence following a series of discussions and efforts to resolve males garbage predicament during the early 1990s. A creation of throwaways from the visiting tourists a blemish on the scenic beauty of the island it began as a dumping ground for males municipal waste. Trash is sorted and materials such as plastic and metal are recycled house hold waste is mostly incinerated.
This is from wikipedia. Rubbish island as it was called. The waste also contaminates the shallow ground water which is a critical source of water for people who live on the island.
Thilafushi is an artificial island in the maldives where about 400 tonnes of rubbish is dumped every day the spectacular tropical island of maldives is famous for its sandy beaches luxury accommodation and turquoise waters. Thilafushi originally was a lagoon called thilafalhu with a length of 7 km and a width of 200 metres at the shallowest regions. This means that this hazardous waste is mixed and disposed of inappropriately with all the municipal waste.
But thilafushi was not always a garbage island. Bluepeace maldives described this island as a toxic bomb. However very people know the drawback of dirty side of maldives.
In fact thilafushi was not even an island. The artificial island created as a municipal landfill receives almost 400 tons of garbage a year mostly collected from luxury hotels according to bbc news. Trash island is 75 metres 250 foot and growing.