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Household refuse pollutes a coral beach on Meedu Island, an indigenous community in the Republic of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Packaging, foodstuffs and general waste has been tossed away on this otherwise beautiful place, north of the capital Male. Unfortunately, the practice of tossing away one's rubbish is a normal practice in this culture, the local people selfishly unconcerned about the future of their habitat and the health of their community. Only a few miles from Meedu are islands that serve as holiday resorts where families from Europe travel by air for the perffect vacation - unaware that fly-tipping is so widespread that it threatens this nation's worldwide status as a paradise on earth.

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Image Size: 5315x3543 / 2.4MB; Richard Baker reportage photojournalism holidays environmental issues economics economy financial finance health relationships social issues transportation traveler travel travelling traveling weather work Maldives Indian Ocean Islamic Muslim Republic state country atoll island coastal remote planet cultural sea ocean trade business outlying Meedu destination dependent in danger tropical shoreline shore coastline coast pollution waste throwaway beach household domestic ownership homes housing fly-tipping flotsam environment refuse garbage rubbish reality carbon footprint global warming climate meterology climate change sea level jeopardy rising sea level community communal real estate realty tourist tourism wish you were here at risk global-warming geography coral civilization. secluded distant faraway far-off far-flung commerce debris mess washed-up deposited poverty social welfare conditions generation squalor pile unhealthy health hazard health and safety sanitation public mounds disorderly dumping tipping emptying contents growing contributing man-made materials wasteland eye-sore mass unwanted dumped abandoned disposed irresponsible used custom habit unacceptable practice regular normal careless paradise spoilt habitat paradise on earth eyesore
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Household refuse pollutes a coral beach on Meedu Island, an indigenous community in the Republic of the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. Packaging, foodstuffs and general waste has been tossed away on this otherwise beautiful place, north of the capital Male. Unfortunately, the practice of tossing away one's rubbish is a normal practice in this culture, the local people selfishly unconcerned about the future of their habitat and the health of their community. Only a few miles from Meedu are islands that serve as holiday resorts where families from Europe travel by air for the perffect vacation - unaware that fly-tipping is so widespread that it threatens this nation's worldwide status as a paradise on earth.