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Bengalese workers at the dump on Thilafushi island, the so-called "rubbish island". Created to collect and burn all the garbage coming from the capital island Male and all the tourists resorts
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Transforming 'Trash Island': Amid plastic crisis, skies are clear over the Maldives' notorious mountain of waste - CNA
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Maldives Rubbish Island Garbage In Flames In Male Stock Photo, Picture and Royalty Free Image. Image 52303930.
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