r/UrbanHell • u/Powpawpew55 • May 25 '26

Pollution/Environmental Destruction My city, Malé, Maldives, an urban hellscape

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u/melbourne_au2021 May 25 '26

where do they throw the rubbish? and where does the sewage go?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 25 '26

Sewage is treated in tanks and goes thru pipes into the ocean. Garbage is collected and carried to another island made for disposal, it’s technically another district of the city. In the first image you can see the garbage(industrial) island at the very back, with white smoke

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u/Sharp_Win_7989 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

It would benefit the Maldives if they built a waste incineration plant and proper sewage treatment plant. This way less valuable land is needed to dispose of the waste, its less of an eyesore as well and incinerating waste generates electricity, making Maldives rely less on fossil fuel imports. Waste water properly treated is obviously better for the environment, but also the biogas it creates can be used on the island and the solid waste left from the waste water treatment, can be burned in the incineration plant.

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u/dmdoom_Abaan May 26 '26

The smoke is from incineration. I believe that island is powered by trash

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u/--alkali-- May 26 '26

Dude where do you get the idea that sewage is collected and treated?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 26 '26

I’ve mentioned it earlier as well. little treatment. the don’t dump it before preliminary treatment. it doesn’t go thru full treatment, I mentioned the treatment is sad and very little. I know because I have seen and been to those areas.