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Plastic Pollution, Fall/Winter 2019, Issue 39.2

Sustain 2019
Katie Allen, Risn Magee, Cyndra Dietz, Miriam Gordon, Jamie Rhodes, Chris Kane, Alex Novak, Kate Bailey, Kate Nelson, Allan Dittmer, Nick Dawson

Summary

This issue of a plastic pollution publication features images of the waste dumping site at Thilafushi, an artificial island municipal landfill in the Maldives, documenting plastic accumulation in this coastal environment. The publication serves as a visual record of plastic pollution challenges faced by small island nations.

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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