Plastic bag bans have been the subject of much debate in America recently as a number of states have taken on the challenge of finding solutions to the growing, unsightly problem of plastic...
Sabrina Russo
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Sabrina Russo is the News Editor of the Plastic Free Times. An undergraduate at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, she is currently working towards her MA Hons in Social Anthropology. Her interest in conservation began through a four year volunteering position with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, as a Guest Interpreter, and she has been working to bridge the gap between science and the public ever since. She has worked as an Outreach Coordinator for the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and has contributed to the marketing of Sea Studios Foundation's "Strange Days on Planet Earth" through research identifying target audiences.
Posts by Sabrina Russo
May 16, 2013
An article recently published on Food Production Daily has reported that despite the calls to action issued by health organization Breast Cancer UK, the British government still maintains...
May 09, 2013
A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board of Ahmadabad, India during the year 2010-11 has given the Minister of State for Environment and Forests disturbing data upon which to base...
May 08, 2013
The European Union is still debating the implementation of a plastic bag ban, but that hasn't stopped Finland from starting the process of changing attitudes single use bags, Finnish...
May 07, 2013
Despite what clever marketing would have consumers believe -- that new, "silken" tea bags are superior to their paper predecessors -- Laurie Balbo of the Green Prophet sheds...
May 07, 2013
Waitrose, an upscale English supermarket chain, has recently announced that it plans to reduce the amount of packaging it uses by 50% by the year 2016 -- a huge step which would significantly...
April 30, 2013
Students of the Glen Rock High and Middle Schools of New Jersey are practicing sustainability in a very real way, as a new device recently installed on campus encourages students to make use of a...
April 25, 2013
The state of Massachusetts may be the first state in the United States of America to ban plastic bags if legislation currently being debated is passed, according to a report from NACS Online...
April 22, 2013
Proposed legislation that would list bisphenol A as a hazardous chemical under California's Proposition 65 was stalled by a judge last Friday, who has granted a preliminary injunction to the...