One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

by Miranda Paul

Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)

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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.

Isatou Ceesay found a way to recycle the plastic bags and transform her community. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in the world.
  • ISBN10 1467716081
  • ISBN13 9781467716086
  • Publish Date 1 February 2015 (first published 1 January 2015)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Lerner Publishing Group
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 32
  • Language English