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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

Miranda Paul

4.36/5 (1886 ratings)

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Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.

The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change.

Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.

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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:: Millbrook Press

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1467716081

ISBN13:: 9781467716086

kindle Asin:: B00SG5YQ74

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

Miranda Paul

4.36/5 (1886 ratings)

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Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then ten. Then a hundred.

The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them, bringing mosquitoes and disease. Some bags were burned, leaving behind a terrible smell. Some were buried, but they strangled gardens. They killed livestock that tried to eat them. Something had to change.

Isatou Ceesay was that change. She found a way to recycle the bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: Millbrook Press

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1467716081

ISBN13:: 9781467716086

kindle Asin:: B00SG5YQ74

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