Are efforts to keep Malé City clean going to waste?
12 Nov 2014, 12:23 PM
Minivan News
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This article was originally published on May 20, 2014. Since publication, the Tatva renewable waste management deal has been terminated by the government.
Malé City Mayor Mohamed Shihab – elected during the recent council elections – has quickly learned that keeping the streets of the Maldives’ capital clean will be be no easy task.
Dealing with the waste management issue of one of the world’s most densely packed islands is no small feat, he explains, with local politics furthering cluttering the issue.
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