Maldives: Fighting back the tides of trash | DW Documentary
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- 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 the island country's 400 thousand residents generated. Yet Shaahina Ali says that has to stop. Almost every day, the diving instructor and her allies go from island to island in the Indian Ocean. Working with an environmental organization, they have obtained trash compactors that make plastic waste transportable, allowing it to be shipped abroad for recycling. Ali also advocates avoiding disposable plastic. She gives lectures, advises hotel managers and even bends the ear of the Maldives' president himself.
When she has time, Shaahina Ali goes scuba diving. Beneath the waves she sees environmental degradation - dying corals and fish caught up in plastic waste. She says, "We can't afford to address just one problem. We've got to take care of everything at once because everything is connected to the sea." But the island paradise is not only threatened by rubbish. Climate change is also causing the sea levels to rise, and the Maldives are at risk of sinking beneath the water. That's why conservationists are using floating barriers made of recycled plastic to help prevent flooding.
In addition to the environmental group "Parley for the Oceans," Ali has also won politicians to her cause. Last year saw a democratic change of government in the Maldives. "The new government no longer views environmentalists as annoying troublemakers. They see us as partners instead," Ali says. But those trying to save the island are in a race against time. "If we don't succeed," says Shaahina Ali, "far more than a vacation paradise will be lost. We will lose our homeland.”
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Damn, I am amazed by how much she has to work for the environment That looks so tough. Props to her for all the hard work she does. She is a legend.
I was thinking the same thing. Its one thing to give a couple of bucks to "the cause." its another thing to start crunching numbers and know,
This is not good...
The BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera should come here and take notes. Again, wonderful documentary, grim prospects.
Al-Jazeera has wonderful documentaries. Bbc used to have. But DW's are just outstanding
They will... as soon as Exxon and BP tell them it's okay.
@@noaht3087 Why do you watch documentaries? You're mind is fixed, cant learn anything - just pop along to slag others off? Sad little creature, take you petty gripes elsewhere
They do and have covered this horror - first saw a series about this on the BBC some 10 years ago, Al J also has covered in some depth
Yeah I think it is safe to say that DW own the international documentary space.
As a species we should know by now that conveniences have consequences.
Easy words but will you give up your ways of life?
I mean... that's a bullshit pseudo-intellectual way to put it. A more nuanced way to describe the problem would be to say that we don't have enough regulations on the materials that we produce. No incentives to get companies to be sustainable.
@@dandiaz19934 Lol.
I agree with you. It doesn't take rocket science to know that reusable containers are better for the environment.
There is a city in Europe that restricts single use plastic bottles, and they have free water dispensers all over.
A simple sustainable option for something we all need.
Let’s give them a pat on the back especially to this woman, an amazing person indeed!
These people are Fake people . Just Infront of camera becoming environment activists by the mean of collecting money & fund for their people . For buying house from others country & doing business. Not for the environment work.
do you think she walks and doesn't have a big expensive car? Or maybe she cooks everything at home and doesn't go to McDonald's?
yes give them a pat on the back, job well done lol
Highly doubt showing Hijabi Muslim women cleaning the planet is in the commercial and political interest of BBC and CNN. They would rather show something else.
Best quality Documentary channel out there. Well done DW. Keep up the good work
Hi @Ni Gangte, we are glad you like our content, thanks for watching!
it's good to know that there were still people who cared for the environment especially for the minimization of plastics, so a big salute to the PARLEY TEAM
I have so much respect for this courageous woman. She sees a different way of being in the world. I love in the ozarks in the u.s. and it's natural beauty is stunning but despite it's natural beauty I see plastic trash scattered along the roadsides, it's depressing. In my perfect world it would be illegal to produce anything that cannot be reused or recycled. Our culture is insane🔥🔥🔥
The only solution begins when we STOP producing single use plastics and excessive packaging.
Or all we can do is keep picking it up.....
Governments should step in and be strict!
@@honeybunch5765 Last month the Maldivian government announced that single use plastic will be banned from 1st June 2021. 😊
@@ahmednashaath3341 good news, wish the rest of the world will take note but I wish we can do without plastic period.
Until kids keep dropping their water bottles and they shatter because they're glass.
3.6 billion asians refuse to stop
I get really thrilled every time foreigners talk about my country on TH-cam. It's a rare feeling i get. "Wow that's MY country!"
HI BOR
They Said Trash Island 😂😂
Maybe instead of getting thrilled help this woman out in cleaning up the garbage in your country.
@@BalboaBaggins yeah, hopefully in the future
@@BalboaBaggins always easier said than done how about you go help too since you think it’s so easy
Send the plastic back to the companies that made them. Drop them off IN front of their building.
Yes I was thinking the same,
So your solution is to stop producing plastic? Have you ever tried to imagine the modern world without plastic?
Companies are not the villains here - they exist as long as there is demand for their products. And they give jobs to people who otherwise might've ended up unemployed.
@@reinterpret_cast Uhm, not sure who you're arguing with: no one here said that the "solution is to stop producing plastic". But since you started it, let's take a look. Of course plastic has important applications that would be difficult - and unnecessary! - to replace. That said, "the modern world" might do just fine without individual plastic wrappers for bananas, plastic straws, plastic cups, plastic boxes for three slices of cheese or four tomatoes, etc. Our current levels of plastic addition are simply perverse, and only getting worse. As for the companies which, in your world, only exist to provide jobs and goods, well, they do tend to generate two other things: profits (for their owners), and externalities (for everyone else). Now, I have nothing against profits, but externalities (offloading the costs of your economic activity on third parties, or society/the planet at large) are basically theft, with a stinky whiff of environmental terrorism. Of course, said companies would aggressively deny that they're responsible for the negative environmental, health, and economic consequences of all the completely unnecessary plastic crap they push on people, because that's exactly what villains (to use your terminology) do...
So you never purchased a plastic bag, bottle or a drink with a straw in your life?
Or are you saying let's buy them first and then dump them at the companies who made them?
I wonder how much that would cost.
What a fascinating woman. I wish her and all her co-workers luck in their work
Shaahina is a superhero. Her dedication to tackling such an important issue is something we should all emulate. We can't all do what she is doing, but everyone can do something.
how strange to live on a tiny island but never go into the sea.
Seriously. It looks awesome too. I'd be in that ocean every day.
not just that but to be afraid of it. That sounds terrifying. These girls have such a minuscule radius of life.
It's dangerous in the sea, that's why they don't go in.
@@jinxterx what are the dangers?
@@andrejrockshox sea monsters.
Greetings from Canada - Happy we can help 👍😊
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I was so happy to hear about that! I love this country!
Don't send your waste to Asia
@@samuelroper3049 Tie your shoe laces.
@@samuelroper3049 88% of USA waste is send overseas !!!
I've a friend who is from the Maldives. He came to study in India. A lot of them do come to India to study. He said the government there is serious about the risk of sea level rise. They can see it happening. In 2009, the government had organized an under water meeting to get the attention of the world on this problem
Thank you exposing what needs to be improved. I hope that there are volunteers to help clean up the place. Thank you for the hard work the lady did, it seems like hard work. hope the best for everyone in Maldives
Maldives looks like such a paradise 🏝
Of course, because it comes under India, men and women here are treated equally and we don’t stop girls from getting educated.
@@6507353 : Could you be any more stupid?
We need to fund an advertising campaign during the soap operas to explain. Furthermore, we need an incentive. Don't you hear, the fish are eating the plastic waste and dying. If the fish die, they don't produce poo food for the phytoplankton. If the phytoplankton die, WE ALL DIE
We should teach these importance information to our children. Kudos to the ladies 👍
A great video, she's amazing hopefully with her drive and passion solutions can be sort.
Thank you Shaahinna for all the generous work you do! Really inspiring, we need more people in the world like her ♡
The other day I was at a home improvement show in my country. There is a Amish group who recycle plastic and turn it into beautiful , reliable, and sustainable patio furniture. If I could give these people any advice, take the plastic and do the same thing. Their main source of plastic came from milk jugs.
These beautiful patio furniture pieces are not cheap, yet a great industry. Good luck, it seems like this type of item would be needed in those areas, whether it be for hotels, people's patios, and just to have retailed around the world.
Thank you DW brilliant as always & what a beautiful place they should be protecting it not dumping rubbish on it & the poor animals in the sea it’s such a shame
Outstanding ! Thank you DW✌️💕💫
Thank you for the documentary.
Thank you Shaahina, you're doing and amazing job. I hope many will tread in your footsteps, and that there will be easier and better solutions to all waste disposal all over the world. Blessings to you and us all xxx
Highly doubt showing Hijabi Muslim women cleaning the planet is in the commercial and political interest of BBC and CNN. They would rather show something else.
I want to go no plastic waste but it’s terribly hard when the world you live in practically shoves plastics on you.
Hell, Clerks even seem confused when I tell them I don’t want a bag at checkout.
My only problem with my snacks.
Because u can't find any of them with out packages
Right...
Another excellent doc from DW.
First Maldives should stop allowing plastic bottles and plastic related food packaging to avoid pollution in that island.
Policies by the government are underway to stop single use plastics. Yes its very late. But better late then never I guess. Also many Maldivians are against this. Many aren't well informed.
Amazing work by Parley!!
Dude that place is heaven..,👍👍👍👍😩😩😩😍😍😍😍
Heaven with demons yes 😳
Very thought provoking documentary from the DW team. Very Nice documentary indeed thanks , these are a must for studies all over and fast before the garbage devours everything.
When there is a will there are many ways.
Thanks to the DW TEAM.
Ms. Ali is working tirelessly to protect the beautiful Maldives but, her goal is unattainable because the other countries (especially wealthy) who use these plastics are addicted. Also companies that sell sodas and water does not seem interested in the world’s environmental disasters. Money so evil most times.
We need more people like her in the world. Cheers!
Wow! That's superfluous waste in the Maldives and its surrounding ocean!
Great initiative 😊
What a beautiful lady doing Gods work on these beautiful islands...
That's a real superhero. She admitted what she's doing only a drop in the ocean, but I personally thinks it will make much different in the future.
Amazing people makes me so happy to see this in the world GOOD JOB
We need to hold these companies and corporations accountable. When individuals are only given the option of plastic, this is what's going to happen. Companies can, and should, do better, and stop gaslighting the consumers. It's not entirely our fault.
Im glad to catch an update I seen couple vids
Salute to all those who are fighting for the environment and for the future of our next generation around the world.
Thanks that was interesting
Nice Film !
I thought the Yeager brothers will activate the Rumbling to protect paradise.
good documentary film
Very good documentary
Hi @Gabriel Caetano, thanks for watching!
Somebody needs to come up with a way to recycle plastic into building material. Imagine a company that harvests plastic from the huge floating garbage island.
they already do plastic is used to make decking and railings in place of 2x4's and 4x4 posts etc and plastic can be turned back into fuel as well it is possible to recycle plastics...this lady is on the right path....just needs more help from us...
@@rorymunroe3771
It sounds like the process and transportation makes it too expensive in a lot of places. The developed world could help. Imagine if they built a factory in the region that could produce a product and create jobs in places to reduces the reliance on tourism revenue.
i was excited about that resort and wanted to put it on my list. it's great to see that the resort is utilizing their on desalination plant and using and reusing glass bottles. the owners of the resort owning a mineral water company that uses plastic bottles is so sad though. thank you DW Docs.
Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. 🙂
I love her spirit
We definently need to study more that plastic eating bacteria...it will help so much if we can efficienctly use it.
love from Maldives
Beautiful island’s 💞
I wish I could live there...its paradise....
Did you even watch the video?
They should be incorporating electricity generation into the incinerating plant, that would reduce costs for incinerating the rubbish and maybe generate an operating profit from the sale of electricity once the start up costs are repaid.
Why not replace as many plastic products as possible with bamboo, bamboo it extremely flexible, mold it when it's wet seal it with wax..done & done..bamboo grows really fast too, & low maintenance...& by the way, she really needs to talk to Holland's Waste management about incinerating, they Are *thee* most sufficient on The Planet..ya, she needs to talk to the Dutch, they got it down..Better then Anyone else..
Good work by Shaahina Ali, multinational companies Should support parley organisation to keep Maldives Sustainable.
Yass, with hope
Unfortunately this is not only problem at theses islands! I have experienced huge garbage on Cuba island few years ago.
Unstoppable never ending pollution. :(
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nice video
This is so sick. Why not pass a law to prohibit piping sewage and dumping garbage into the sea? It is not too much to ask of the citizens.
Been there three times, but will not be going again. The locals are absolutely mis-managing this beautiful place, and the more tourist go there, the bigger the pile of plastic waste. On my last trip, I signed up for a much announced "clean the island day", and the only people showing up to collect litter were tourist. The locals hung around to see the action while dropping cigarette butts by the hundreds in the sand that we just cleaned. Pathetic...
this
that's why I never even want to visit the place
It's because of politics. Maldives is a young democratic country. When things get stable. People will focus on social and environmental issues.
@@sahyl3327 Is any country under Shari’ah law really able to be called this?
@@fakenamerton2568 We didn't had party system before, there was a political uprising against 30 year dictatorship. 2005 we had political party systems and 2008 Democratic party came to power. These thing happened in a decade. America took 200 plus years for a written constitution or democracy. About Sharia it not just a law, its Muslims way of living. If you're talking about law we practices in Judiciary, Maldives practice English legal system with Sharia admixture. Yes, there are Muslims majority countries like Malaysia and Turkey beautiful infrastructure developments, clean road's and well managed wastage systems.
The fish dont bite today? THER'S NO FISH LEFT...
2:39 major shade in narrator's voice over the plastic flowers lol lol lol
Hopefully the Maldives can begin to get more of their electricity from solar rather than relying on diesel generators. I went in 2019 and seeing the bleached coral and watching all the dredging to try to fight the rising sea levels was a real wake up call. There are few places where climate change is as obvious as in the Maldives.
Sad
The sad thing is that people in rich countries does not care about plastic problem. Lot of trashes are not recycled...
Yeah since they're sending their trash to poorer countries, no one sees it out in the open like on that tiny island. And let's not mention big companies like coca cola and their fake recycling campaigns
If I ever get to go to the Maldives, I'd like to volunteer for part of my time there. I wonder if they would allow that?
Ditto! We have to talk to that lady or to our embassy, I guess....
No
Please go and do swimming classes for those kids
These Rock!
It should be easy with all the ultra expensive resorts generating a lot of taxes/fees there and the relatively small population size.
Sure! Money and human ingenuity can fix everything, right?
It was one of poorest nation now become middle income they need to improve
As long as all that money doesn't evaporate in corruption... maybe they fixed that in the last couple of years...
Why can’t we create a material to replace the plastics?
We can, it's just cheaper to stay with plastics from petroleum. We can make most single-use plastic items from vegetables but they run into trouble when exposed to heat or cold for long periods of time.
It saddens me that she's only one with a heart for our planet and all that lives on it, in an entire country.
Microplastic can be removed from beach sand using a section of pipe and an auger.
Hmm ... grim future indeed. Even if there is no plastic left, the sea will swallow the islands.
Kudos to Parley. Don’t lose hope.
Biodegradable plastic should be a top priority
Malé needs some sort of water treatment plant and water infrastructure no matter how much it costs and how long it takes bc importing the plastic bottles is unsustainable. This seems the best way to have a lasting longterm impact that is easy to grasp (altho not easy to accomplish but is tangible).
Sad 🥺
Very bad indeed , it really sucks !
Again, this is a wonderful story of hope. Maybe they can collaborate with the organization from Australia who recycles different kinds of materials turning it into usable materials such as tiles. "Recycling revolutionary shows how you can turn old clothes into kitchen tiles | Australian Story"
Yuck, how do you dispose of plastic buildings? Blowing them up and making microplastics? Australia lies and their governemnt lies even more.
@@insectbite1714 I just appreciate how they create their own solution to the problem and not just relying on the government.
That is why I never throw a single supari bag rather I put it in my pockets until I find a dustbin... but the sad thing is there no one who take care of those public dustbins not even WEMCO... even today me and my best friend did talk about this cox we saw WEMCO guys collecting from guesthouses near hulhumale beach area yet they left the public dustbins untouched in that area...
The hint from Nature here is hard to miss. Make a new continent.
Our consumerism outweighs much of these humble efforts. A simple act of drinking filtered tap water goes a long way.
They have to be supplied with it first. From what I gathered, not everyone on some of these islands has access to tap water and/or has a processing facility such as a water plant.
Soon thilafushi will be a place which tourists can visit, the whole island is going to be very clean
ANY DOCUMENTARY OF SHIP STUCK AT SUEZ CANAL???
"Martin jones will stay on Vaadhoo. Just like garbage" LMAO
👏👏👏👏👏👏
now scale that issue up 1.000x and you have an idea of the bs that is needing to be addressed by everyone everywhere
Not throwing plastic in the ocean is a novel idea? Well, better late than never...
Edit: They live on tiny islands and only a few of them can swim?
One of the subject in school is swimming and scooba diving l don't know why they don't know why they don't learned but it's different in other islands
About half the people of Jamaica cannot swim either.
Make diesel from the plastic and old oil, refine. All accounts there is a big island there to harvest from.
Is requiring lots of energy and may not be cost efficient.
not talking about money, i get that it can restrict things but can we really put a price on the enviroment.
@@stephenhay4878
The point is not to dismiss an idea, but whether you burn plastic to heat water or you burn oil to make oil from plastic.
It both uses lots of energy to do. -If one is not better than the other, burning is cheaper.
Burning plastic with pollution filters is a good option. Maybe the best we have. -The heat can be used for hot water.
Often ideas can seem great, but anyone (not me), who works in a certain field can tell you why an idea might not be viable.
When I was younger, I thought:
Shooting radioactive waste into the sun seems like the perfect idea.
-But it is not safe, would require tons of energy and the numbers won’t add up to make it cost effective.
Without knowing any numbers involved in a processes, it is impossible to decide on an option.
13:17 - pollution or overfishing worldwide?
Over fishing in the Maldives. Mainly due to Chinese fishing vessels aka their maritime militia. Just like what they did in the Galapagos islands.
Welcomed with plastic flowers,they have no clue
It's getting to the point, one may as well eat out of the trash
My cousin works for like building pools idk how i cab explain and last year he was on maldives to do his job and he also got around the island and he said the island was nothing like had seen in internet he said there was a lot of poverty,pollution
The plastic on the islands to melt down and make sea walls. Or ban plastic and polystyrene containers to be imported.
Sea walls of plastic? Do you now know that small pieces of plastic are also non-biodegradable
Agreed, and all plastic should be put into roads being laid down which equals less tire wear as well. Just a thought!
So if the tire wear is less then the friction is lower and the stopping distance larger.
That I'd like to see research on first. We already have enough microplastic in our bodies from contaminated food. I'm not sure aerosolizing it so we breathe it in driving down the road would be a good outcome.
@@rogeronslow1498 Which means do this only on straight roads that are easily overseen, so there's not a high chance you'd ever need to brake unexpectedly.
@@aoelp where you drive sounds very different than where I drive heh.
@@fakenamerton2568 Australia and parts of America or Russia easily fit that profile. Just imagine broad flatlands/plains without any intersections with right of way and mostly straight roads. On such streets less friction might actually be beneficial for fuel usage without endangering the driver too much. Especially roads that tend to freeze over much of the year anyway could be paved that way.
Wow they only take some of it .... someone sponsor them to get the rest please
There was plenty garbage in 1990 when I was there I imagine now
So the Maldives are not going to be flooded by rising waters anymore?
they will just increase the height of that seawall periodically. there's no escaping the rising seas for an artificial island only a meter above sea level.
What?! Did you think about what you typed 🤨
Girls are doing a great job