Toxic bomb' ticks on Maldives rubbish island

Descending by plane into the Maldives offers a panoramic view of azure seas and coral-fringed islands, but as the tarmac nears, billowing smoke in the middle distance reveals an environmental calamity.

The Trash Island of the Maldives: Thilafushi

COP26: Welcome to 'trash island' - the Maldives' festering home of rubbish now crucial to its climate fight, Climate News

Maldives chokes in rubbish generated by visitors and locals

Toxic Dump on Island in Maldives Aerial View of Pollution By Rubbish, Stock Footage

Thilafushi: Trash Island is a Toxic Secret in Maldives

Paradise lost on Maldives' rubbish island, Waste

Thilafushi: Trash Island is a Toxic Secret in Maldives

Transforming 'Trash Island': Amid plastic crisis, skies are clear over the Maldives' notorious mountain of waste - CNA

Transforming 'Trash Island': Amid plastic crisis, skies are clear over the Maldives' notorious mountain of waste - CNA

Toxic bomb' ticks on Maldives rubbish island

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