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Plastic Pollution, Fall/Winter 2019, Issue 39

Sustain 2019
Katrina J. Allen, Róisín Magee, Cyndra Dietz, Miriam Gordon, Jamie Rhodes, Chris Kane, Alex Novak, Kate Bailey, Kate Nelson, Allan Dittmer, Nick Dawson

Summary

This short piece from an environmental journalism publication documented plastic waste accumulation at the Thilafushi artificial island landfill in the Maldives, created from municipal waste, and described it as an example of the scale of plastic pollution in Small Island Developing States. It is part of a broader survey of global plastic pollution issues.

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.

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