26/08/2019
"Najeeb Mohammed Ismail and his fight against plastic"
Najeeb Mohammed Ismail is a successful, path-breaking NRI with a passion for preserving nature in its magnificent glory. You may not have heard of him, even though he has been featured in various Malayalam television channels, mainly for his crusade against plastic waste in Dubai.
He does not seek publicity for the sake of it. Whenever his name appears on the social domain, it is solely for spreading awareness in the society and for delivering a message to fellow human beings. This man usually hides behind his good deeds. This is a write-up to uncover the person behind the many well-intended social activities.
The making of the man Najeeb Mohammed Ismail was born in Thiruvananthapuram - Trivandrum City, Kerala. He had his schooling in St.Mary’s High School and did his graduation in Mar Ivanios College Thiruvananthapuram. Like many other bright minds of his generation, he migrated to the Gulf after the studies. Once he established a successful career surviving the hardships of the desert, he set his eyes on giving something back to the society and the mother nature at large. Fight against
He sees plastic waste as the main enemy to the good health of our nature.
The ill-effects of plastic are quite well known:
1. It does not decompose
2. Tiny plastic pieces hamper the flow of under groundwater
3. Plastic particles and fumes produce harmful chemicals for human health.
4. Unintended plastic consumption leads to wild animals’ death.
5. Plastic propagates wildfire and wipes out forests.
There are far too many ill-effects for plastic that it would take an entire book to list them all. Still, the strangest of all strange things is that we simply do not care. Plastic is the darling of housewives and working professionals alike. There is hardly any human beings who do not use plastic on a daily basis. But some people do care about the plastic menace. And Najeeb Mohammed Ismail is one of them. He singlehandedly collects plastic waste from his neighborhood in Dubai and actively encourages other people to do it. He takes the conservation of nature through the eradication of plastic waste as his life’s mission.