- 0% INTRIGUED - 0% FURIOUS - 0% BORED - 0% SAD Muslims will
probably throw away more than 40 percent of all food prepared
daily during the upcoming Ramadan – read our food saving tips
below. According to Bahraini environmentalist Mohammed Aman,
food waste during the upcoming Ramadan will continue – despite
the contradiction it poses to the spirit of Ramadan and a
growing global demand for basic food commodities. Aman, a waste
disposal unit senior environment specialist at the Public
Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment
and Wildlife, urged Bahrainis to be more economical during the
Muslim holy month of fasting. Speaking to Gulf Daily News, he
explained that, “People in this part of the world (the Middle
East) tend to show off the amount of food they have on their
Iftar (the evening meal when Muslims break their fast) table,”
Aman said. “There are more than six types of dishes on the
Bahraini Iftar table, which means that more than three of them
will be wasted – accounting for more th