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.

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Main Author: Paul, Miranda (Author)
Other Authors: Zunon, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2015.
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