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The Maldives, seen in part from above, is comprised of 1,192 islands. The tiny island nation also has the world’s highest levels of microplastics in its beach sand and offshore waters. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
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In the Maldives, a developing nation that lacks much local manufacturing, a single tourist produces almost twice as much trash per day as a resident of the capital city of Malé, and five times as much as residents of the other 200 populated islands, according to government statistics. Consequently, the tiny island nation was ranked last year as the world’s fourth largest producer per capita of mismanaged waste.

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