They dump it into another island, of course.
But very few are aware of its dirty side.
But Thilafushi was not always a garbage island.
In fact, Thilafushi was not even an island.
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Twenty five years ago, Thilafushi was a pristine lagoon.
Within a month the garbage began to arrive.
So much is being deposited that the island is growing by a square meter each day.
Waste became such a problem that the government once banned dumping garbage on the island in 2011.
A fraction of the waste is now getting exported to India to be recycled.
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Sources:Wikipedia/BBC/The Guardian
