Here at SAS we understand the connection between the environment and our mental health and wellbeing. How being in the ocean can give us a boost after a tough day; how walking along the sand and feeling it between our toes can lift some of life’s stresses; how joining a community clean feels like giving […]
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Demand to #EndSewagePollution Reverberates Across the UK
What a day. More proof, if any was needed, that the demand to #EndSewagePollution has wide public support and water companies can’t bury their head in the sand any longer. Yes, the first national day of action for water quality made huge waves right across the UK on Saturday and we really felt the full […]
What Makes Wood So Good? The Benefits of Wooden Boards
Did you know that over 16,000 single-use polystyrene bodyboards are discarded on UK beaches every single year? Horrific isn’t it? Unfortunately many beach visitors may feel that they have little alternative than to buy a cheap bodyboard for their beach holiday. But we reckon that’s because few know about the humble wooden bellyboard… Wooden bellyboards […]
What a Total Shit Show
New data released by the Environment Agency, today, shows that water companies were responsible for pouring sewage into river, lakes, estuaries and our seas a disgusting 372,500 times in 2021. That’s an eye watering 2.6 million hours of sewage flowing into some of our most treasured ecosystems, where wildlife should be free to flourish and […]
Kicking the can down the river: Government reveals sewage plans.
Today, the Government has launched a public consultation on its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan (SODRP) setting out targets for how it expects water companies to ‘eliminate ecological harm from sewage discharges’. And surprise, surprise, the targets set completely fail to acknowledge the urgency we need to address the problem. The sewage pollution crisis is […]
Stopping the Race to the Bottom
We are living through unprecedented times, with a cascade of enormous global challenges sweeping across society. We’re buffeted from one catastrophe to the next – humanitarian, health, environment, climate, biodiversity and war – with perhaps previously unseen scale and pace. We may have experienced one or two simultaneous crises of worldwide magnitude, but has it […]
Join the #EndSewagePollution Protests. 23rd April.
This year, industry and government must put their words into action and deliver on their commitments to tackle sewage pollution. And it’s up to us to keep the pressure on. We are joining forces with end sewage pollution campaigners across the country to bring together the energy, anger and momentum from the last thirty […]
The REEF X SAS Beach Clean was a huge success
The REEF X SAS Beach Clean was a huge success Our REEF beach clean held at Watergate Bay was a huge success! Together, our incredible volunteers managed to collect 18 bags full of plastic waste. Alongside plastic fragments, we found items such as fishing rope, water bottles and hundreds of nurdles. Volunteers arrived raring to go, […]
Give Our Rivers a Voice. Sign the petition for 200 river bathing waters
In just a few weeks’ time, the Environment Agency will be releasing new data on the scale of sewage discharges released by water companies in 2021. And we don’t expect this to present a pretty picture! Over 90% of sewage outflows pump sewage directly into rivers. And with rivers flowing into the sea, it’s clear […]
Global resolution to end plastic pollution agreed
Yes, it’s really happened. Today, a historic resolution has been agreed by 175 countries to end plastic pollution. This is the most important international environment pact since the Paris climate agreement in 2015. It’s the Paris moment for plastics. Commenting on the announcement, our chief exec, Hugo, had this to say: “Today’s historic agreement in […]