One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

Brief Description: Introduces the efforts of a woman in the Gambia who found a way to recycle the hundreds of discarded plastic bags that littered her community. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; 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. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 149 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Publishers Weekly 12/22/2014 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)

Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 101 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)

Booklist 02/15/2015 pg. 77 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)

Shelf Awareness 02/20/2015 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)

Foreword 02/26/2015 (EAN 9781467716086, Hardcover)