Maldives 'Rubbish Island' is 'overwhelmed' by garbage
Maldives 'Rubbish Island' is 'overwhelmed' by garbage The government of the Maldives has temporarily banned the depositing of rubbish from its hotels onto an island used almost entirely as a garbage dump. Thilafushi, an artificial island 7km (four miles) from the capital, is nicknamed Rubbish Island.maldivesLINK