Aerial View Of Thilafushi And Gulhi Fahlu Islands In The Maldives Thilafushi Garbage Island Stock Photo Alamy
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Maldives trash. Waste was not an issue in the maldives until very recently. Trash is sorted and materials such as plastic and metal are recycled house hold waste is mostly incinerated. Thilafushi the trash island of maldives collects trash from many residential islands in kaafu atoll and resorts across the country.
However with an increase in the production and consumption of single use products like plastic materials this was no longer the case. 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. The maldives produces an estimate 500 tonnes of rubbish per day with vast amounts of water borne waste from other countries carried in daily on the indian ocean currents.
Maldives the island nation is made up of 1190 islands and has a local population of under 400000. 10 facts about waste management in the maldives 1. Up until the mid 80s most household garbage was organic and would decompose when discarded.
In the beginning thilafushi was a. Boat after boat day after day year after year. This garbage dumping island of maldives is also known as the rubbish island.
However very people know the drawback of dirty side of maldives. Across the entire maldives approximately 860 tonnes 860000 kg of solid waste is discarded per day. Garbage is bought from across the country and lit on fire.
According to official statistics a single tourist produces 35 kg of garbage a day twice as much as someone from male and five times more than anyone from the rest of the maldives archipelago. Not far from the maldives capital of male only a half hour boat ride away mountains of trash and waste pile up on thilafushi island marring the seascape of the normally idyllic archipelago. In time the garbage mounted to 330 tons per day and the island soon became the worlds largest rubbish dump.
The trash was dumped on thilafushi island a convenient riddance.
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