Today, we were joined by Olympic Gold Medalist & ocean activist Hannah Mills to hand-in the #OceanEmergency petition to Downing Street. Almost 70,000 of you joined us in demanding the Government put the ocean at the forefront of climate conversations at #COP26. Thanks to YOU the voice of the ocean is starting to be […]
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The Next Step to #EndSewagePollution
As we enter the final stages of the Environment Bill’s passage through parliament we have one last chance to ensure the Bill helps #EndSewagePollution by placing a legal duty on water companies to end their use of CSOs. Click Here To Write To Your MP The #EndSewagePollution campaign, which thousands if you took part in, […]
Environmenstrual Week: In Conversation with WUKA
Here at Surfers Against Sewage, we want to see an end to plastic pollution on UK beaches by 2030 and to do this we need to challenge industry and businesses to remove plastic from their products and also switch to reusable products. This applies to period products too. As part of 2021 Environmenstrual week […]
Join us for the REEF x Surfers Against Sewage Beach Clean
As part of our Million Mile mission, join the team at Surfers Against Sewage on Thursday 28th October, as we’ll be hosting a beach clean with surf brand Reef from 2pm until 5pm. Now autumn is well and truly here, we brace ourselves against the inevitable mass accumulation of plastic pollution upon our beaches. The […]
The Benefits of Beach Cleaning on Mental Health and Well-being
Our health is affected in countless ways by the environment we live in – from the quality of the air we breathe to the ocean we enjoy playing in, environmental factors can have a major influence on our health. Every year, a staggering 8-13 million tonnes of plastic is estimated to enter our ocean, so maintaining a […]
EXPOSED: Dirty Dozen Fuelling The UK’s Packaging Pollution Crisis
Our 2021 Brand Audit Report, launched today (11 August), has revealed that two thirds of the UKs plastic and packaging pollution can be traced back to just 12 polluting companies, aka. THE DIRTY DOZEN: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Bush InBev, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Heineken, Tesco, Carlsberg Group, Suntory, Haribo, Mars and Aldi. Read the full report Hugo, […]
Time To Act
Today’s IPCC report should come as no surprise. Scientists have been warning of the impacts of human induced climate change for decades. Their science and forecasts, unequivocally linking human influence on the warming of the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere, have for years been systematically sidestepped by fossil fuel lobbyists, corporate interests and ineffective global […]
Water Industry Fails to Cut Pollution…AGAIN
We’ve woken up this morning to yet more evidence of the water industries failure to address pollution into waterways across England. Today’s report on water company performance published by the Environment Agency is another damning indictment of an industry that for too long has used our ocean and rivers as a dumping ground. Just last […]
Southern Water Slammed with Record Fine for Sewage Pollution
Today, Southern Water were fined a record £90 million for illegally dumping raw sewage into the sea across the south coast. The company wilfully discharged untreated sewage 7,000 times between 2010- 2015, equating to a massive 61,700 hours of pollution impacting sensitive coastal habitats and popular recreational areas. Southern Water pleaded guilty to 51 […]
Surf Wood for Good: Free Bellyboard Hire
The team at Surfers Against Sewage are stoked to be supporting the team behind Surf Wood For Good: Dick Pearce, Little Goat Gruff and Karma Surf Shop. Through this initiative, people can hire a wooden belly board for free, stopping the purchase of single use polystyrene boards. We speak with the guys from Surf Wood […]