One Plastic Bag

Author: Miranda Paul

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  • : 46.00 NZD
  • : 9781467716086
  • : Lerner Publishing Group
  • : Lerner Publishing Group
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  • : 0.408233
  • : January 2015
  • : 27.00 cmmm X 22.60 cmmm
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  • : 38.0
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  • : Miranda Paul
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  • : Hardback
  • : 1502
  • : Elizabeth Zunon
  • : English
  • : 363.72880966
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  • : 32
  • : YXL
  • : illustrations
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Barcode 9781467716086
9781467716086

Description

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.