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The True Cost of Toys Mary Colson

The True Cost of Toys By Mary Colson

The True Cost of Toys by Mary Colson


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Summary

Find out how the things we buy and use every day are produced, often at a cost to workers' health or the environment, and discover how you can shop to change things for the better.

The True Cost of Toys Summary

The True Cost of Toys by Mary Colson

Who makes the toys children play with every day in school and at home? What are the working conditions like for people who form part of the supply chain for the world's toy industry? This book looks at the impact our purchase of toys has on our lives and on the environment and asks how we can improve our lives and those of others with the things we buy.

About Mary Colson

Mary Colson has written and edited books for children and young adults.

Table of Contents

The truth behind toys Toy world map Global trade Supply and demand Quality control? The blame game What is fair trade? Dream factories? Child's play? Toys, trafficking and desperation Assembly lines and overtime Toys and toxins The rubber tapping trade Chemicals and cotton Caution: this toy may harm your health! Waste matters Healthy play Making changes A childhood for everyone? Fair play Shop to change the world Glossary Index

Additional information

GOR006647724
9780750277112
0750277114
The True Cost of Toys by Mary Colson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
20130523
48
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