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One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia

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  • Author: Paul, Miranda
    Edition: Unabridged
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    2020
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    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. 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.

    Original Publisher: [Place of publication not identified], Lerner Publishing Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781541596634, 1541596633