The estimated word count of One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) is 2,170 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 0 hrs 9 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 0 hrs 15 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 0 hrs 5 mins.
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books) - 2,170 words | ||
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Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
Slow | 150 words/min | 0 hrs 15 mins |
Average | 250 words/min | 0 hrs 9 mins |
Fast | 450 words/min | 0 hrs 5 mins |
for One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)
The inspiring true story of how one African woman began a movement to recycle the plastic bags that were polluting her community.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.