Maldives: Fighting back the tides of trash

Thilafushi, an island of floating rubbish island in the Maldives, grows by a square meter a day. But diving instructor Shaahina Ali is trying to slow that growth by recycling and using floating barriers to hold back the rising seas. For decades, the Maldives simply dumped the trash the tourists and...

26 min - Planet & Climate - DW Documentary

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