ENGLISH

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

By Miranda Paul

Book information

Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Year
2020
ISBN
9781541596627, 9781467716086, 9781467762991, 2014009382
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
26 MB (26879880 bytes)
Edition
♫ Read-Along ebook. ♫
Pages
32\0
Time added
2022-12-04 05:55:42
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography /

Description

The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community. 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.

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