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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul, Miranda (Author)
Other Authors: Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Ceesay, Isatou > Juvenile literature.
Ceesay, Isatou.
Plastic bags > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Plastic bag craft > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Pollution > Africa, West > Juvenile literature.
Wolof (African people) > Juvenile literature.
Plastic bags.
Plastic bag craft.
Recycling (Waste)
Pollution.
Wolof (African people)
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpagged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781467716086
1467716081