One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia
Miranda Paul ; illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon
Monografías
English
9781467716086
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2015.
color illustrations, color maps ; 24 X 28.
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,... Ver más 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. Ver menos
The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. Water pooled in them,... Ver más 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. Ver menos
Zunon, Elizabeth
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One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia
Miranda Paul ; illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon
One plastic bag : Isatou Ceesay and the recycling women of the Gambia
Miranda Paul ; illustrations by Elizabeth Zunon
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