Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacker aptly quoted “water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans”. Yesterday i visited to my Apple garden. As you know onset of spring season has begin as a result farmers have start out farming in the valley of Kashmir. What i had observed there growers are not friendly with the mother earth. In every garden i have found polythene bags , plastic bottles. The concentration of plastic wastes in the environment is increasing rapidly. There is now no place in the world where plastic is not found .It will adversely impact the biosphere. Generally speaking, when plastic particles break down, they gain new physical and chemical properties, increasing the risk that they will have a toxic effect on organisms. Moreover these micro plastics also affect physical & chemical properties of the soil. Plastic wastes deteriorating every nook & corner of the earth. It damages the soil & ruins it's fertility. There is not a single place on this blue planet where plastic material has not been found. It is a trending culture in the in the country India to use plastic material for everything. It will have a dire consequences for all inhabitant species & a threat for overall environment. It is a reality that we take all the required resources for sustainability of life that is water, soil, air, mineral, metals for industries, food for people and fuel for transport are drawn from nature. Human society derives maximum benefits from the planet Earth for example resources like land, water, air, forests, fossil fuels & so on. The human society uses environment and it's elements for development to gain convenience & consolation. At the same time, humans are mainly responsible for environmental degradation through consistent exhausting natural resources and ejecting pollutants in the environment.

We are not remained friendly with environmental as a individual or as a social being. Now the situation is grim all over the globe. Everyday more and more plastic is accumulating in the oceans & other water bodies as a result marine creatures dying at it's faster rate. Birds like turtles, penguins are at the edge of extinction .It has been estimated that more than one lakh terrestrial animals die every year due to ingesting of plastic bags. I also observed that animals like cow, dog, donkey etc mistakenly ingest plastic stuff as a food resulting into their death. As per world survey around the world one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. Every year all over the world people are using more than five trillion disposable plastic bags. As per the biological scientists a single plastic bag takes one thousand year in the process of its decomposition. The love of the packaged goods and throw away culture, modern society have turned the beautiful planet into garbage grounds.
There is an urgent need to create awareness among people to protect environment in the current situations and the usage of plastic. The UNEPS has already approved ban on plastic bags all over the globe. We must take major steps to prevent it. It is necessary to use alternatives like cloth bags and paper bags instead of plastic bags. We must avoid drinking bottled water which contributes largely to plastic pollution. All this can prevent plastic pollution to a large extent. it is our collective responsibility to save the environment& also present administration should take necessary measures to protect environment. To encapsulate all this with the beautiful saying of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)"If the Final Hour comes while you have a palm-cutting in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it"

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