Introduction to natural
safe-shield of our planet
Amongst the other planets in our solar system, continuity of life is only
possible in our planet due to its specific atmosphere. Our Earth-planet is
surrounded by ozone layer or greenhouse gases mixed with nitrogen, hydrogen,
helium, carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen and other gases up to 200 miles from
earth surface in three different spheres. Up to 7 miles density of these gases
is higher than others spheres. This is called troposphere, from 7.1 miles to 50
miles higher is called stratosphere with less oxygen and from 50.1 miles to 200
miles higher with low density thinner air is called ionosphere. Presence of
greenhouse gases especially oxygen, hydrogen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen is
highly necessary for the continuity of life of human beings, animals and plants.
Moreover, greenhouse gases save us from the pernicious radiation Sun-light and
overheating of Earth.
Food wasting is a major factor causing vulnerable harm to the atmosphere of
Earth-planet
Unluckily we are doing the same as in ancient days a lumberjack who while
sitting on branch of a tree was doing by sawing it. Due to our negligence
whether deliberately or in-deliberately, we are doing or omitting to do many
acts and things which directly or indirectly are causing harmful affect on the
atmosphere of our planet. Amongst many other unwanted things, food wasting is a
major factor due to which we are causing drastic changes resulting in fatal harm
to the specific atmosphere of our planet subsequently becoming highly unsuitable
for the biological sustainability of organic life.
Nevertheless, it is a matter of great agony and distress that every year one
third food produced in the world for human consumption is wasted which is about
1.3 billion tons out of 4 billion tons. Food wastage is associated with
subsequent squandering of water for cultivating corps and food production on
million of hectares of land, energy, billion of liters of fuel consumption in
transportation, labor and huge expenses incurred thereon.
Effects of global warming due to wastage of food
Amongst the discarded and wasted food like fruits, vegetables, different kinds
of dairy & poultry products, different kinds of cereals, meat, rotten fish,
other sea foods, edible oil and other eatable commodities are thrown out as land
filler. When the wasted food starts decaying owing to superficial dumping of
organic wasting material, emissions of methane gas which is 23 times pernicious
than carbon dioxide causes abrupt breaking in the greenhouse gases resulting in
global warming. Due to global warming severe changes take place in the climate.
Melting of glaciers causes unusual floods, lack of pure water and longer span of
summer season. That is why it is said that waste of food amounts to waste of our
planet.
Islamic concept for abstaining from wastage of food
Here it is pertinent to focus our attention to the spirit different verses of
Holey Qur’an. Allah (SWT) has counted food commodities as His showering of
blessings towards mankind at large and any who does not pay thanks to Allah (SWT)
and commits Is-raaf (wastage) shall be held accountable. Our prophet Hazrat
Muhammad (PBUH) very rightly have said “who deliberately wastes the food and
others blessings (things) bestowed by the God (SWT) commits sin and he/she is
not amongst us”. (Ref. Bukhari Shrief).
Malnourished poor people can be nourished
It necessary to enunciate that there are almost one billion malnourished poor
people in the world. Half of the waste food which is still eatable can be
preserved which will be sufficed to fulfill the eating requirements of needy
people of the world.
Some useful suggestions to overcome the problem
It is deem necessary to eliminate the un-necessarily wastage of food to avoid
subsequent wastage of our planet for us, therefore, I am of the view that by
improving communication between producers and consumers to manage the proper
storage facilities and supply chain more efficiently a major portion of food can
be saved from being wasted.
If it is inevitable to throw rotten fish or other discarded food commodities
then through recycling process huge dump of wasted material can be converted
into fuel energy with subsequent generation of electrical energy.