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Mariyam Malsa
19 January 2021, MVT 13:29
A photograph taken at the session held by the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Climate Change. PHOTO: PARLIAMENT
Mariyam Malsa
19 January 2021, MVT 13:29
Speaking on behalf of luxury resorts in Maldives, the Maldives Association of Tourism Industries (MATI), made a statement on Monday, claiming that the properties were unable to put a sudden stop to the practice of discarding waste into the ocean.
According to the association, resorts discard food waste and other organic material in complete adherence to regulations formulated specifically for the tourism industry by the Ministry of Environment.
However, environmentalists have long reported practices otherwise, and it should be noted, being that food waste is primarily sourced from land, such rubbish is often not suited for dumping into the midst of a marine ecosystem.