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Plastic Pollution, Fall/Winter 2019, Issue 39.3
Sustain2019
Katrina J. Allen,
Róisín Magee,
Cyndra Dietz,
Miriam Gordon,
Jamie Rhodes,
Chris Kane,
Alex Novak,
Kate Bailey,
Kate Nelson,
Allan Dittmer,
Nick Dawson,
A Allen,
A Seymour,
D Rittschof,
P Anderson,
S Warrack,
V Langen,
J Challis,
M Hanson,
M Rennie,
A Bagaev,
A Mizyuk,
L Khatmullina,
I Isachenko,
I Chubarenko,
E Besseling,
E Foekema,
J Van Franeker,
M Leopold,
S Khn,
E Rebolledo,
. Koelmans,
A,
M Browne,
P Crump,
S Niven,
E Teuten,
A Tonkin,
R Thompson,
J Desforges,
M Galbraith,
P Ross,
M Eriksen,
S Wilson,
C Box,
A Zellers,
W Edwards,
. Amato,
S,
P Gandara E Silva,
C Nobre,
P Resaffe,
C Pereira,
F Gusmo,
N Hall,
K Berry,
L Rintoul,
M Hoogenboom,
J Hankett,
W Collin,
P Yang,
Z Chen,
M Duhaime,
H Hirai,
H Takada,
Y Ogata,
R Yamashita,
K Mizukawa,
M Saha,
. Zettler,
E,
M Kosuth,
E Wattenberg,
S Mason,
C Tyree,
D Morrison,
K Le,
D Mckenzie-Mohr,
R Miller,
A Watts,
B Winslow,
T Galloway,
A Barrows,
C Moore,
A Naji,
Z Esmaili,
F Khan,
H Nel,
P Froneman,
G Peng,
B Zhu,
D Yang,
L Su,
H Shi,
D Li,
M Rillig,
C Rochman,
A Tahir
Summary
This issue of a plastic pollution publication features images and coverage of the waste dumping site at Thilafushi, an artificial island created as a municipal landfill west of Male in the Maldives, serving as a visual document of plastic pollution challenges in island nations. The publication highlights the scale of plastic waste accumulation in vulnerable coastal environments.
Mounds of plastics at the Thilsfushi waste dumping site. Thilafushi is an artificial island created as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Mal, and is located between Kaafu Atoll's Giraavaru and Gulhifalhu of the Maldives.