One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia (Hardback) Mira

 
 
 
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia (Hardback) Miranda Paul
 
The inspiring true story of how one 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.
 
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 386 g
Dimensions: 184 x 121 x 15 mm